South-eastern Brazil (from south-eastern Bahia south to Santa Catarina and north-eastern Rio Grande do Sul) and adjacent parts of south-eastern Paraguay (Alto Paraná) and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon) [XC725210]
by GABRIEL LEITE from S\u00e3o Bento do Sul, Estrada do tropeiro, Santa Catarina, Brazil (alarm call, call)
Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon) [XC551628]
by Ricardo Gagliardi from Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica de Guapia\u00e7u, Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (call)