South-eastern Brazil (southern Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo south to Rio Grande do Sul), south-eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Grey-hooded Flycatcher (Mionectes rufiventris) [XC427594]
by Rosendo Manuel Fraga from Tecnotruta - Santa Marta, Ibitirama-ES, Esp\u00edrito Santo, Brazil (canto)
Grey-hooded Flycatcher (Mionectes rufiventris) [XC24441]
by Adrian Eisen Rupp from S\u00edtio do Cervo, Miracat\u00fa-SP, Brazil (display)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Closely allied to Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus) and McConnell's Flycatcher (Mionectes macconnelli) and all were for long placed in a separate genus, Pipromorpha, on basis of specialized outer primaries of male, but they share numerous characters (including unusual lek breeding system) with both Streak-necked Flycatcher (Mionectes striaticollis) and Olive-streaked Flycatcher (Mionectes olivaceus).