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Black Bushbird

Neoctantes niger

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 32 g

What the Black Bushbird sounds like

Sonogram of the Black Bushbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pastaza: Canelos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Black Bushbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Duet · Napo: 1 km S Puerto Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Black Bushbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: 1 km S Puerto Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The black bushbird is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 29 to 32 g (1.0 to 1.1 oz). It is rather stocky with a short tail and an unusual upturned bill. The sexes have different plumage. Adult males are entirely black except for a small, mostly hidden, patch of white between the shoulders. Adult females are mostly sooty black with a rufous breast and upper belly. Voice: The black bushbird is not highly vocal. Its song is an "often slightly rising series of semimusical 'werk' notes" given for a minute or more at about one note per second. Its call is "distinctive, squealing, two-parted but continuous, with second part lower-pitched", a "nasal 'kyoo' ".

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Black Bushbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black Bushbird

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Peru Ecuador Brazil

About the Black Bushbird

The black bushbird is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Ihering's AntwrenMyrmotherula iheringiIhering's antwren is 8.5 to 9.5 cm (3.3 to 3.7 in) long and weighs 7.5 to 9 g (0.26 to 0.32 oz). Wing-banded Antbird (Myrmornis torquata) Wing-banded AntbirdMyrmornis torquataThe wing-banded antbird is 14.5 to 15.5 cm (5.7 to 6.1 in) long and weighs 40 to 50 g (1.4 to 1.8 oz). Rondonia Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis ochrogyna) Rondonia Warbling AntbirdHypocnemis ochrogynaThe Rondonia warbling antbird is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 11 to 15 g (0.39 to 0.53 oz).

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