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) [XC774360]
by Mateus Gon\u00e7alves Santos from RPPN Serra Bonita, Camacan-BA, Bahia, Brazil (call)
Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant (Hemitriccus diops) [XC351968]
by Luiz C. Silva from Reserva Biol\u00f3gica Municipal Po\u00e7o D'Anta, Juiz de Fora, MG., Brazil (call)