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) [XC332958]
by Jeremy Minns from Vila Bela da Sant\u00edssima Trindade, MG. Parque Estadual Serra de Ricardo Franco, Brazil (flight call)
Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus) [XC574023]
by Garry Bakker from Boven Suriname, Sipaliwini, Suriname (call)