Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (B), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Introduced to Puerto Rico.
Eastern Panama through lowland Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and Brazil south to Paraguay and west to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and north-eastern Bolivia; formerly in northern Argentina.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus) [XC688141]
by Richard E. Webster from Ixiamas (near Alto Madidi), Iturralde, Departamento de La Paz, Bolivia (call, song)
Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus) [XC860588]
by Richard E. Webster from Sadiri Lodge, Bolivia (call)