South-eastern Brazil (southern Goiás and southern Bahia south to western Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul), south-eastern Paraguay and extreme north-eastern Argentina (Misiones, north-eastern Corrientes).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Blue Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) [XC823320]
by Jose Gilmar Silva Luz from Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (song)
Blue Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) [XC426090]
by Caio Brito from Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus closely related to Antilophia, and occasional intergeneric hybrids with Helmeted Manakin (Antilophia galeata) have been recorded. Has apparently hybridized also with Pin-tailed Manakin (Ilicura militaris). All members of present genus suggested by some as forming a superspecies.