Locally in southern Amazonian Brazil (Acre, south-western Amazonas, northern Mato Grosso, southern Pará), south-eastern Peru (Madre de Dios and adjacent southern Ucayali and eastern Cuzco) and north-western Bolivia (Pando, La Paz).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Manu Antbird (Cercomacra manu) [XC572300]
by Dante Buzzetti from Parque Estadual Chandless, Santa Rosa do Purus, Acre, Brazil (song)
Manu Antbird (Cercomacra manu) [XC220711]
by Rodrigo Dela Rosa from Pantiacolla Lodge, Madre de Dios, Peru (song)
Subspecies
Probably a sister-species to the proposed "Jet Antbird (Cercomacra nigricans) group". Vocalizations possibly vary geographically. Analysis of populations needed in order to determine whether taxonomic revision required.