South-eastern Brazil (from south-eastern Bahia south to Santa Catarina and north-eastern Rio Grande do Sul) and adjacent parts of south-eastern Paraguay (Alto Paraná) and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon) [XC84773]
by Douglas Meyer from Perequ\u00ea - Angra dos Reis - RJ, Brazil (call)
Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon) [XC551628]
by Ricardo Gagliardi from Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica de Guapia\u00e7u, Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (call)