Interior south-central Brazil (central Mato Grosso, southern Goiás and extreme southern Bahia south to south-western Minas Gerais, extreme eastern Sío Paulo and north-western Paraná) to eastern Paraguay (San Pedro).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
Habitat destruction and degradation through selective logging and agricultural conversion is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
A loud 'wat', 'ka ka ka' and a chicken like 'có-có-có-rec'.
Henna-capped Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rectirostris) [XC706082]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Botelhos, Minas Gerais, Brazil (call, song)
Henna-capped Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rectirostris) [XC711278]
by from Aparecida de Goi\u00e2nia, Viveiro Madeira Real, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Formerly placed in genus Automolus, even after recognition of present genus.