Central and southern Brazil (locally in eastern Pará, and from southern Mato Grosso and southern Minas Gerais) south through eastern Paraguay to north-eastern Argentina (Corrientes and Misiones), locally to northern Uruguay. Also locally in north-eastern Bolivia (Beni). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Copper Seedeater (Sporophila bouvreuil).
Pearly-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila pileata) [XC763703]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Piscicultura - Goi\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e2nia, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)
Pearly-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila pileata) [XC84701]
by Jeremy Minns from Itirapina, SP, Brazil (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Copper Seedeater (Sporophila bouvreuil).