Habitat
Forest-covered banks of tropical rivers and damp clearings, wet savannas, muddy and sandy margins of large freshwater wetlands, From sea-level - 500 m, occasionally to 2,600 m.
Bolivia (B) (NB), Brazil (B) (NB), Colombia (B) (NB), Ecuador (B) (NB), French Guiana (E) (B) (NB), Guyana (B) (NB), Peru (B) (NB), Venezuela (B) (NB).
Vagrant to Argentina (B), Barbados, Jamaica, Paraguay (B) (NB).
Unknown to Suriname (E) (B) (NB).
Widespread, though spottily distributed, in northern South America east of Andes, from eastern Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas, southwards through Amazonian Brazil, extreme eastern Peru, eastern and southern Bolivia and Paraguay to extreme northern Argentina (Salta Province).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 25,000 (2010) and decreasing.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet