Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica (B), Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela.
Vagrant to St Helena.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops) [XC857434]
by id from Parque Nacional Chaco, Sargento Cabral Department, Chaco Province, Argentina (alarm call, call)
Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops) [XC719759]
by Carlos Ferrari from Gal\u00e1pagos: San Cristobal: Reserva Jocotoco Gal\u00e1pagos, Ecuador (call, song)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Colombian Crake (Neocrex colombiana), and sometimes considered conspecific, but differs in plumage and in bill structure.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
olivascens Chubb, C, 1918 - Eastern Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas through central and eastern Brazil to northern and eastern Bolivia, north-western Argentina and Paraguay. Also Costa Rica and Panama, where status unclear.
erythrops (Sclater, 1867) - Coastal Peru, and Galapagos Is (Santa Cruz and Santa María).