Priorities for Future Research

The Black-chinned Antbird is widely distributed and is fairly common across its range. Most aspects of its natural history are very poorly known. There is little detailed information on its reproductive biology and diet. There is no information on such topics as age at first breeding, life span and survivorship, dispersal, population regulation, molts, territoriality and population density, and sexual behavior. Presumably it is parapatric with Band-tailed Antbird (Hypocnemoides maculicauda), where the distributions of the two species approach one another  south of the Amazon in central Brazil, but further study is required of the distribution and potential contact of these two species.