The Large-headed Flatbill is distributed in disjunct areas of South America.

There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto .

It is found in the undergrowth of rainforest and is closely associated with bamboo.

It is often solitary and will perch motionless for a long time before sallying to capture insects from leaves or twigs.

It is dark-olive above with two ochraceous wing-bars. It has a yellowish supercilium and eye-ring.