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) [XC592235]
by Jerome Fischer from Rio Javar\u00ed, AM. Reserva Natural Palmar\u00ed, Brazil (song)
Black Bushbird (Neoctantes niger) [XC900847]
by Alexander Lees from Reserva Pumamaki, sector Lisanyacu, junto al r\u00edo Illocul\u00edn, prov. Napo, Ecuador (dawn song, duet, song)
Subspecies
Relationships uncertain.
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Rondonia Bushbird (Clytoctantes atrogularis) is slightly larger with a more heavy bill.
References
See References.