South-eastern Brazil (southern Goiás and southern Bahia south to western Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul), south-eastern Paraguay and extreme north-eastern Argentina (Misiones, north-eastern Corrientes).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Blue Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) [XC677770]
by Brian Cox from Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (song)
Blue Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata) [XC415976]
by Odirlei Vieira da Fonseca from RPPN Serra Bonita, Camacan, Bahia., Brazil (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus closely related to Antilophia, and occasional intergeneric hybrids with Helmeted Manakin (Antilophia galeata) have been recorded. Has apparently hybridized also with Pin-tailed Manakin (Ilicura militaris). All members of present genus suggested by some as forming a superspecies.