Extreme south-central and eastern Colombia (Putumayo, Vaupés, northern Amazonas), eastern Ecuador, northern and south-eastern Peru (northern Amazonas, Loreto, Cuzco, Madre de Dios) and western Amazonian Brazil (extreme north-western and south-western Amazonas, western Acre; also isolated records from western bank of middle R Madeira and western Pará).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Black Bushbird (Neoctantes niger) [XC264618]
by Felipe Arantes from Orellana: Right (s) bank R\u00edo Napo opposite 'La Selva Lodge' and 'Sacha Lodge', Ecuador (duet)
Black Bushbird (Neoctantes niger) [XC77599]
by Oswaldo Cortes from El Para, east of Archidona, Napo, Ecuador (song)
Subspecies
Relationships uncertain.
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Rondonia Bushbird (Clytoctantes atrogularis) is slightly larger with a more heavy bill.
References
See References.