Gnateaters (Conopophagidae)

Ash-throated Gnateater (Conopophaga peruviana) - HBW 8, p. 746

French: Conophage du Pérou German: Graurücken-Mückenfresser Spanish: Jejenero Peruano

Taxonomy: Conopophaga Peruviana Des Murs, 1856, Pebas, left bank of Río Marañón, Loreto, Peru.
Apparently closely allied to the Andean C. ardesiaca and C. castaneiceps and part of the C. lineata lineage, which is also thought to include C. roberti and, perhaps, C. melanogaster. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Ecuador (W & S of R Napo) and Amazonian Peru E to W Brazil (E to E bank of middle and upper R Purús) and S to N Bolivia (La Paz).