Latitudinal range: -23.8° to 10.7°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical savanna (6), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), desert/xeric shrubland (1)

Found in 11 samples

Bolivia: Noel Kempff Mercado National Park

Brazil: Estação Ecológica de Águas Emendadas, Fazenda Brejão, Uberabinha River, Pontal do Paranapanema, Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, Vermelho River (edge), Vermelho River (interior)

Paraguay: Para La Tierra Biological Station

Venezuela: Cumaná, Araya Peninsula (tropical thorn scrub)

See also Coryphospingus cucullatus, Coryphospingus pileatus