Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.
South-eastern Mexico south through Central America and throughout most of northern South America mainly east of the Andes, as far southern as Bolivia and north-eastern Argentina.
 
Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).
Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica) [XC466369]
by Dante Buzzetti from Setor Samambaia, mata seca, perto da UFG-Agronomia, Goi\u00e2nia-Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)
Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica) [XC90413]
by John V. Moore from Guajar\u00e1-Mirim, RO. c.20 km SE of Pakaas Palafitas Lodge, Brazil (call)