South-eastern Brazil (southern from Minas Gerais) south to adjacent south-eastern Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina (Misiones, eastern Corrientes) and Uruguay.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-spotted Woodpecker (Veniliornis spilogaster) [XC744786]
by Bernard BOUSQUET from S\u00e3o Francisco Xavier, S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos,S\u00e3o Paulo state, Brazil, Brazil (call)
White-spotted Woodpecker (Veniliornis) [XC332031]
by Jeremy Minns from Campo Mour\u00e3o, estado do Paran\u00e1., Brazil (drumming)