Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, 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.
Vagrant to Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Grenada, Jamaica (NB), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.).
South-eastern USA and West Indies through Mexico and central America to southern America: east of Andes, south to northern Argentina; west of Andes in western Ecuador and north-western Peru.
 
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 250,000 (2010).
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) [XC783800]
by Robin Carter from Ubajay, Col\u00f3n Department, Entre Rios, Argentina (call)
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) [XC403924]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Stick Marsh, Brevard County, Florida, United States (begging call, call)
Subspecies
Often placed in monospecific genus Ajaia.