Central-eastern and south-eastern Brazil (Bahia south to Sío Paulo, Paraná and northern Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant (Hemitriccus diops) [XC606696]
by Fernando Pocho Cabral from Mata dos Caet\u00e9s, Vargem Alta-ES, Esp\u00edrito Santo, Brazil (call)
Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant (Hemitriccus diops) [XC728428]
by Brian Cox from Boa Nova, Wet Forest, state of Bahia, Brazil (song)