Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)

Black Bushbird (Neoctantes niger) - HBW 8, p. 565

French: Batara des fourrés German: Schwarzer Bodenameisenwürger Spanish: Batará Arbustero

Taxonomy: Xenops niger Pelzeln, 1859, Marabitanas, Amazonas, Brazil.
Relationships uncertain. Monotypic.

Distribution: Extreme SC & E Colombia (Putumayo, Vaupés, N Amazonas), E Ecuador, N & SE Peru (N Amazonas, Loreto, Cuzco, Madre de Dios) and W Amazonian Brazil (extreme NW & SW Amazonas, W Acre; also isolated records from W bank of middle R Madeira and W Pará).