North-western Bolivia (upper R Beni) and south-central Brazil (southern Mato Grosso, extreme southern Bahia south to western Rio Grande do Sul) south to eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Streamer-tailed Tyrant (Gubernetes yetapa) [XC442908]
by Ricardo Gagliardi from Yacuma, Beni Department, Bolivia (call)
Streamer-tailed Tyrant (Gubernetes yetapa) [XC210140]
by Jerome Fischer from Fazenda Jaborandi, Rio Camanducaia, Amparo, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (duet, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Anatomical considerations indicate that closest relatives may be somewhat similar Muscipipra and very different Neoxolmis.