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) [XC836969]
by Nelson Cumare from Porto Santo Ant\u00f4nio, Doutor Maur\u00edcio Cardoso, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (song)
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus) [XC308818]
by Jerome Fischer from Tenente Portela, Tenente Portela, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (song)