Habitat
Subtropical and tropical heavily degraded former forest. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, pastureland, inland wetlands. From sea-level - 2,300 m.
Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay (B), USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).
Central and southern Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean Islands, Trinidad, Tobago; locally in Mexico (mainland and islands of Quintana Roo), Costa Rica and Panama, and southern on western coast to Ecuador, east of Andes from Venezuela and the Guianas through eastern South American lowlands to northern Uruguay and Chaco to northern Argentina.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 20,000,000 (2010).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet