Southern Brazil (southern Mato Grosso east to western Bahia and Espírito Santo, south to Rio Grande do Sul), north-eastern Paraguay (Cerro Amambay) and Uruguay.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Crested Black Tyrant (Knipolegus lophotes) [XC46694]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Serrania de Los Caracoles (Campo Chico), Maldonado, Uruguay (alarm call)
Crested Black Tyrant (Knipolegus lophotes) [XC299154]
by id from Itarar\u00e9, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)