Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.
Guatemala and Belize south through Panama to Colombia and northern Ecuador; Venezuela and the Guianas south through Amazonian Brazil and west to eastern Peru and northern Bolivia; extreme south-eastern Brazil; also southern Paraguay (Villa Hayes), where status uncertain.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Grey-breasted Crake (Laterallus exilis) [XC827708]
by rudy gelis from San Jose de Payamino (near San Jos\u00e9 de Payamino), Cant\u00f3n de Loreto, Orellana, Ecuador (call, song)
Grey-breasted Crake (Laterallus exilis) [XC589587]
by Robson Silva e Silva from Coqueiro Seco, Alagoas, Brazil (call)