Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Unknown to Honduras.
South-eastern Nicaragua and eastern Costa Rica to Colombia, west of Andes south to western Ecuador, and east of Andes across northern half of South America, including Trinidad and Tobago, south to northern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay and near coast of southern Brazil.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher (Chloroceryle inda) [XC837881]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Condom\u00ednio Mans\u00f5es do Araguaia - Nova Crix\u00e1s, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call)
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher (Chloroceryle inda) [XC329065]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Ramal Seringal Cachoeira, Xapuri, Acre, Brazil (bill snapping)
Subspecies
Closely related to American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea). Birds from western Colombia and western Ecuador described as subspeciesw chocoensis on basis of amount of buffy spotting on wing-coverts and tail, but this character seems too variable to be useful for subspecific differentiation.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
inda (Linnaeus, 1766) - South-eastern Nicaragua to northern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay and southern Brazil.
chocoensis Todd, 1943 - Western Colombia, north-western Ecuador.