Brazil (B), French Guiana (B), Suriname (B), Venezuela (B).
Southern Venezuela (eastern and southern Amazonas east of R Orinoco, and southern Bolívar), south-western Guyana and northern Brazil (north of R Amazon, from R Negro east to central Pará; south of R Amazon, from lower and middle R Tapajós east to east of R Xingu); old records from south-western Suriname and eastern French Guiana; recent records north-eastern Peru (local) and eastern Colombia (sight record near Inírida, in Guainía).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Dotted Tanager (Ixothraupis varia) [XC426193]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Mato Grosso; Rio Cristalino, near Cristalino Jungle Lodge; canopy tower, Brazil (song)
Dotted Tanager (Ixothraupis varia) [XC424958]
by Sidnei Dantas from ZF2 km 34, 80km north of Manaus, Brazil (song)