This species is extremely local, and used to be an Ecuadorian endemic (it has since been found in Colombia and probably will be found in Peru as well). It was originally described in 1937 based on one female specimen, and the male was unknown until the species was rediscovered in 1990. Sani Lodge is certainly one of the most reliable places to see it. The male (next) is all black.
Local. Once considered an {endemic} species of Ecuador, the Cocha Antshrike has now been found in Colombian on the Brazil border. Note female similar to [White-shouldered Antbird] female.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)