South-eastern Brazil, from eastern Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo south to Rio Grande do Sul.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction due to urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural expansion, colonisation and associated road-building is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus orbitatus) [XC313125]
by Jeremy Minns from Serra da Cantareira, Guarulhos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil (song)
Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus orbitatus) [XC668922]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica dos Petroleiros, Tingu\u00e1, Nova Igua\u00e7u, RJ, Brazil (song, long trill)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Formerly treated in genus Euscarthmornis and later in Idioptilon, both now defunct.