Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.
Venezuela and Guyana through eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and Bolivia to Brazil (south to Mato Grosso, Sío Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), Paraguay and northern Argentina (Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus) [XC500035]
by Alexandre Bianco from Setor Samambaia, mata seca, perto da UFG-Agronomia, Goi\u00e2nia-Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus) [XC334701]
by Ross Gallardy from Parque Estadual Intervales, SP, Brazil (song)