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) [XC604288]
by Fabio Agudelo Zapata from Baures, Itenez, Beni Department, Bolivia (song)
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus) [XC498077]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Setor Samambaia, mata seca, perto da UFG-Agronomia, Goi\u00e2nia-Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)