Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.
Eastern Mexico (from eastern San Luis Potosí) through Central America to Panama, then southern from Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas, west of Andes to north-western Peru, and east of Andes to Bolivia, northern Argentina, Paraguay and southern Brazil.
 
Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).
Blue Ground Dove (Claravis pretiosa) [XC504363]
by Jerome Fischer from Reserva Natural da Vale - Linhares, Espirito Santo, Brazil (song)
Blue Ground Dove (Claravis pretiosa) [XC474044]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica de Guapia\u00e7u, Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (call)