The species lives along coasts and riverbanks of the tropical to temperate Americas, from central Mexico south to Chile and Argentina.
They are found on sandy coasts, estuarine mud, inland riverbanks and open sandy savannas.
It appears to be mainly sedentary, although there is some evidence for limited seasonal movements.
(from Wikipedia)
Known in Brazil as "batuíra-de-coleira".
widespread, coastal and riverine Neotropics: coastal Mexico from Sinaloa and s Tamaulipas (but not Yucatan Pen.), coastal Central America, inland around Lake Nicaragua and Panama Canal zone; n Colombia and Venezuela, islands n of Venezuela, Trinidad, nc C
Anguilla,Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile,Colombia,Costa Rica,Ecuador - mainland,El Salvador,French Guiana, Guatemala,Guyana,Honduras,Mexico,Netherlands Antilles,Nicaragua,Panama,Paraguay,Peru,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,United States - mainland,Uruguay,Venezuela,
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
