The Neopelma tyrant-manakins are rather dull-coloured "manakins" that look a bit like elaenia flycatchers. In fact they appear not to be true manakins but are more closely related to tyrant flycatchers.

Sick classifies the Pale-bellied Tyrant-manakin as a Brazilian endemic found in eastern Brazil from São Paulo to the mouth of the Amazon but Ridgely & Tudor include north east Bolivia in its range as does the distribution map by NatureServe . 

The males display on a low perch jumping a few centimetres and sometimes turning round in mid-air before landing again. It can produce a curious gong-like noise by beating its wings together.

There are recordings on xeno-canto and additional information is available via Avibase .