Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname.
Lowlands of south-eastern Peru (southern Loreto south to Madre de Dios and northern Puno) and northern Bolivia (Beni) eastern across central and eastern Brazil (north-western Mato Grosso, eastern Amazonas and Pará) to Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Red-billed Pied Tanager (Lamprospiza melanoleuca) [XC272188]
by Peter Boesman from Mozeskreek area, W Suriname, Suriname (call)
Red-billed Pied Tanager (Lamprospiza melanoleuca) [XC469379]
by Juha Honkala from Parauapebas, State of Par\u00e1- Serra do Caraj\u00e1s-Serra Norte, Brazil (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Recent genetic data indicate that this genus is probably not closely related to other thraupids, but no closely related family or sister-taxon has yet been identified. Retained in present family pending further information.