Distribution

The Black-chinned Antbird is resident in the lowlands of northern and central South America east of the Andes. The distribution extends from eastern Colombia south to northeastern Peru, east to southern and northeastern Venezuela, the Guianas, and all of northern Brazil. The distribution primarily is north of the Amazon, but subspecies minor occurs south of the Amazon in central Brazil, between the lower rios Purus and Madeira, and between the rios Tapajós and Tocantins.

The upper elevational records of the Black-chinned Antbird are to 500 m in Colombia (Hilty and Brown 1986) and to 4oo m in Venezuela (but with sight records up to 950 m!; Hilty 2003), but only to 2oo m in Ecuador (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001).

Endemic to the Americas.

Forages in understory of lowland evergreen forest. Almost always in vegetation that overhangs water, such as along forest streams, the margins of lakes, and flooded areas in forest, and generally "wherever abundant overhanging woody vine tangles and partially submerged branches provide perches within reach of the water" (Zimmer and Isler 2003).

None reported.

None reported.