Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
South-eastern Colombia, eastern Venezuela and the Guianas south to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and Brazil (Amazonia south to Mato Grosso).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Black-bellied Cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster) [XC227920]
by John V. Moore from Rio Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil (call)
Black-bellied Cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster) [XC264424]
by Robert S. Ridgely from Napo: \u2018Jatun Sacha Biological Station\u2019 area, right bank of R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (call, song)