South-eastern Brazil (southern Bahia, southern Goiás and southern Mato Grosso do Sul south to Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia lichtensteini) [XC227697]
by Jeremy Minns from Itapo\u00e1 - Volta Velha, Santa Catarina, Brazil (call)
Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia lichtensteini) [XC490732]
by Luis Seko Pradier from S\u00e3o Paulo, S\u00e3o Paulo, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)