Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani) [XC456621]
by id from Corregimiento de Crist\u00f3bal (near Col\u00f3n), Colon, Col\u00f3n Province, Panama (call)
Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani) [XC271494]
by Peter Boesman from Achiote road, Panama (song)
Subspecies
Relationships uncertain. Appears to be related to obligate ant-followers, e.g. Phlegopsis, Rhegmatorhina. Described subspecies chocoanus (eastern Panama, north-western Colombia) appears indistinguishable from nominate.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
saturatus (Richmond, 1896) - Eastern Honduras (Gracias a Dios, Olancho) south to Costa Rica (Caribbean slope, in north also Pacific slope) and extreme western Panama (western Bocas del Toro).
mcleannani (Lawrence, 1860) - Central and eastern Panama (east from Veraguas on Caribbean slope, Panamá on Pacific slope) and north-western Colombia (south along Pacific slope to Valle del Cauca, and on northern Andean slope in Córdoba and Antioquia).