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).
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Adult male.
Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 18 August 2012 34 weeks ago 4 -
A male low in the understory.
Locality Mitú, Vaupés Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 12 June 2011 1 year ago 3
