Chestnut-belted Gnateater (Conopophaga aurita) [XC608920]
by Felipe Arantes from ExploNapo, Peru (song)
Chestnut-belted Gnateater (Conopophaga aurita) [XC407311]
by Felipe Arantes from Roura, Beaus\u00e9jour, French Guiana (song)
Subspecies
Possibly closest to Black-cheeked Gnateater (Conopophaga melanops). Subspecies snethlageae distinctive: possibly best treated as a separate species, with pallida as a subspecies or a synonym thereof, representing only one extreme of a clinal range of variation. Some confusing variation within range of australis, as some specimens from R Purús (western Brazil) have appearance approaching that of snethlageae.
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
aurita (Gmelin, 1789) - Guyana east to French Guiana and south to northern Brazil (Manaus east to Amapá).
inexpectata Zimmer, JT, 1931 - South-eastern Colombia and north-western Brazil, southern and eastern along western bank of R Negro.
occidentalis Chubb, C, 1918 - North-eastern Ecuador and north-eastern Peru (east of R Napo).
australis Todd, 1927 - South of R Amazon from north-eastern Peru (south to Ucayali) to western Brazil (east to R Madeira, south to northern Acre and northern Rondônia); population east of R Madeira in north-western Rondônia provisionally placed here.
snethlageae von Berlepsch, 1912 - Brazil south of R Amazon, from both banks of lower R Tapajós and eastern bank of R Teles Pires east to central Pará; not known to occur in area western towards R Madeira. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Black-breasted Gnateater (Conopophaga snethlageae).
pallida Snethlage, E, 1914 - Central Pará east to western bank of R Tocantins.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet