North-central Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz) and western and central Paraguay to north-central Argentina (south to La Rioja, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Corrientes), northern Uruguay and south-eastern Brazil (western Rio Grande do Sul).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Cream-backed Woodpecker (Campephilus leucopogon) [XC197047]
by Dan Lane from Presa near Comarapa, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (call)
Cream-backed Woodpecker (Campephilus leucopogon) [XC748988]
by Pedro Rinaldi from Berduc, Col\u00f3n, Entre R\u00edos, Argentina (call, myiopsitta monachus)
Subspecies
Formerly placed in genus Phloeoceastes with seven other species, all of which are now lumped into Campephilus.