Blackish Antbird

Cercomacroides nigrescens

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thamnophilidae
Genus
Cercomacroides
eBird Code
blaant4

Subspecies (5)

  • Cercomacroides nigrescens aequatorialis

    east Andean slope of southern Colombia to northeastern Peru (Amazonas and San Martín)

  • Cercomacroides nigrescens approximans

    south-central Amazonian Brazil (from Rio Madeira eastward to Rio Tapajós, southward to Rondônia and Mato Grosso west of Rio Teles Pires) and eastern Bolivia (Beni and Santa Cruz)

  • Cercomacroides nigrescens nigrescens

    coastal Suriname, French Guiana, and north bank of the Amazon River in adjacent Brazil (eastern Amazonas and Pará)

  • Cercomacroides nigrescens notata

    east Andean slope of central Peru (western Ucayali to Junín)

  • Cercomacroides nigrescens ochrogyna

    east-central Amazonian Brazil (Pará east of Rio Tapajós and west of Rio Tocantins, Mato Grosso northeast of Rio Teles Pires)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.