Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Mitu, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Mitu, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Sucumbios, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Mitu, Colombia
Identification & Behavior: ~16 cm (6.2 in). The male Black Bushbird is all black. The female has black upperparts and head with chestnut rest of the underparts. Both sexes have a thick bluish-gray bill, with the mandible upturned near the tip. It forages in dense foliage generally at tree falls, and along streams and other dense foliage. The male is similar to a male White-shouldered Antbird. The female is similar to a female Plumbeous Antbird.
Status: The Black Bushbird is generally rare and apparently restricted to the northern half of the Loreto Region. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Arbustero Negro.
Sub-species: Black Bushbird (Neoctantes niger), (Pelzeln), 1859.
Meaning of Name: Neoctantes: Gr. Neos= new, strange and ktantes= murderer. niger: L. niger= black, dark colored, shining black, jet black.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.
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