Northern Colombia (Santa Marta region and eastern slope of eastern Andes in northern Norte de Santander). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of East Andean Antbird (Drymophila caudata).
Santa Marta Antbird (Drymophila hellmayri) [XC694168]
by Bram Vogels from Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia (song)
Santa Marta Antbird (Drymophila hellmayri) [XC235733]
by Niels Krabbe from Magdalena: San Lorenzo ridge, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia (duet, song, song and duet)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of East Andean Antbird (Drymophila caudata).