Sooty Antbird (Hafferia fortis) [XC453616]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n y Conservaci\u00f3n de R\u00edo Los Amigos (CICRA), Peru (song)
Sooty Antbird (Hafferia fortis) [XC73866]
by Joseph Tobias and Nathalie Seddon from ?, Peru (song)
Subspecies
Genus appears not to represent a monophyletic grouping, but traditional arrangement maintained pending further phylogenetic study. May form a superspecies with Blue-lored Antbird (Hafferia immaculata). The two, along with Plumbeous Antbird (Myrmelastes hyperythrus), Goeldi's Antbird (Akletos goeldii) and White-shouldered Antbird (Akletos melanoceps), are often considered to form a species group on basis of large size, but more work needed in order to confirm that they are all closely related. Subspecies incanescens doubtfully distinct. Alleged darker lower mandible based on incorrect statement that this was yellow in nominate subspecies.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
fortis (Sclater & Salvin, 1868) - Southern Colombia (extreme eastern Cauca, extreme eastern Nariño, south-western Caquetá, Putumayo, southern Amazonas), eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, western Amazonian Brazil (south of R Amazon, west of R Madeira) and north-western Bolivia (Pando and La Paz west of R Beni).
incanescens (Todd, 1927) - Tonantins, on R Solimíµes, in Brazil.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet