Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Southern Mexico (Oaxaca) and Central America to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Brazil and Amazonian Peru then on to Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina.
 
Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).
Pheasant Cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus) [XC168066]
by Liliana Chavarria-Duriaux from Reserva El Jaguar, Jinotega, Nicaragua (song)
Pheasant Cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus) [XC493262]
by Stijn Baeten from Estreito, Maranh\u00e3o Fazenda Monte pio, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Population of Mexico and Central America often recognized as subspecies rufigularis, this being based on a bird in juvenile plumage. Neither juveniles nor adults, however, differ between areas.