Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.
Venezuela and Guyana through eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and Bolivia to Brazil (south to Mato Grosso, Sío Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), Paraguay and northern Argentina (Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus) [XC760920]
by David Monroy Rengifo from Reserva do Setor S\u00edtio de Recreio Cara\u00edbas-Goi\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call)
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus) [XC662177]
by Luiz C. Silva from Goi\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e1s, Fazenda Lageado, Brazil (song)