North-western Venezuela (Sierra de Perijá) and northern Colombia (northern end of the three main Andean ranges in César, Córdoba, Bolívar, Antioquia and Santander; one record from eastern slope of middle central range in Caldas).
 
Population
Estimated population is 250 - 999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status EN
Habitat destruction and degradation through logging and conversion to agriculture is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
A loud, mid-range whistling 'peeeuw peeeuw peeuw-pweet-pweet-pweet'.
Recurve-billed Bushbird (Clytoctantes alixii) [XC12433]
by Diego Calderon-F. from Oca\u00f1a, Agua de la Virgen, Cerro de la virgen, Norte de Santander, Colombia (song)
Recurve-billed Bushbird (Clytoctantes alixii) [XC898004]
by id from San Lu\u00eds, Antioquia, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
Relationships uncertain. Specimens on which original description was based were apparently labelled from "Equateur", but there is no satisfactory evidence that the species has ever occurred in Ecuador.