Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname.
Lowlands of south-eastern Peru (southern Loreto south to Madre de Dios and northern Puno) and northern Bolivia (Beni) eastern across central and eastern Brazil (north-western Mato Grosso, eastern Amazonas and Pará) to Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Red-billed Pied Tanager (Lamprospiza melanoleuca) [XC821615]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Ponte dos incapazes, Porto Velho, Rond\u00f4nia, Brazil (flight call, song)
Red-billed Pied Tanager (Lamprospiza melanoleuca) [XC536175]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Purus River, Boca do Acre, State of Amazonas, Brazil (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Recent genetic data indicate that this genus is probably not closely related to other thraupids, but no closely related family or sister-taxon has yet been identified. Retained in present family pending further information.