Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica (B), Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela.
Vagrant to St Helena.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops) [XC791413]
by Alejandro Bodrati from San Pedro de Colalao, Trancas, Tucum\u00e1n, Argentina (uncertain)
Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops) [XC226652]
by Jacob Guachisaca Sal\u00ednas from Tucupita area, Delta Amac, Venezuela (pumping)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Colombian Crake (Neocrex colombiana), and sometimes considered conspecific, but differs in plumage and in bill structure.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
olivascens Chubb, C, 1918 - Eastern Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas through central and eastern Brazil to northern and eastern Bolivia, north-western Argentina and Paraguay. Also Costa Rica and Panama, where status unclear.
erythrops (Sclater, 1867) - Coastal Peru, and Galapagos Is (Santa Cruz and Santa María).