Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Vagrant to Trinidad and Tobago.
South America east of Andes, from eastern Colombia to mouth of R Amazon, then south to Paraguay, south-eastern Brazil and extreme north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Pied Plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus) [XC257025]
by Caio Brito from Loreto\/Ucayali: R\u00edo Ucayali, ca. 60 km N of Pucallpa, Peru (flight call, flight calls)
Pied Plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus) [XC358575]
by Bobby Wilcox from Mata da Ozara, S\u00e3o Sebasti\u00e3o do Tocantins, Tocantins, Brazil (song)