Eastern Brazil (southern Pará and southern Maranhío east to Pernambuco and south to west-central Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Sío Paulo, western edge of Rio de Janeiro and coastal central Bahia), north-eastern Bolivia (north-eastern Santa Cruz) and north-eastern Paraguay (Canendiyu).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Rufous-winged Antshrike (Thamnophilus torquatus) [XC428081]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Jalap\u00e3o Eco Lodge, Sao Felix do Tocantins-TO, Tocantins, Brazil (canto)
Rufous-winged Antshrike (Thamnophilus torquatus) [XC530422]
by Ciro Albano from Andara\u00ed, State of Bahia, Brazil (song)