Latitudinal range: -23.2° to -17.0°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1)

Found in 3 samples

Brazil: Fazenda Brejão, Pontal do Paranapanema, Ilha Grande (vertically-mobile nets)

See also Herpsilochmus atricapillus, Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus