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) [XC498078]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Setor Samambaia, mata seca, perto da UFG-Agronomia, Goi\u00e2nia-Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus) [XC751219]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Pen\u00ednsula de Andresito, departamento General Manuel Belgrano, Misiones, Argentina (song)