Great Antshrike

Taraba major - Grand Batara

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Thamnophilidés
Genus
:
Taraba
Species
:
major

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1816

Biometrics

Size
: 20 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 50 à 70 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Great Antshrike (Taraba major) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.

Subspecific information 10 subspecies

Taraba major major (e Bolivia, Paraguay, s Brazil and n Argentina)
Taraba major melanocrissus (se Mexico to w Panama)
Taraba major obscurus (w Costa Rica to n Colombia)
Taraba major transandeanus (sw Colombia, w Ecuador and nw Peru)
Taraba major granadensis (n and c Colombia and nw Venezuela)
Taraba major semifasciatus (e Colombia, s and ne Venezuela, the Guianas and ne and c Brazil)
Taraba major duidae (Mt. Duida. se Venezuela.)
Taraba major melanurus (w Amazonia)
Taraba major borbae (wc Brazil s of the Amazon)
Taraba major stagurus (e and ne Brazil)

Foreign names

Grand Batara,
Batará mayor,
choró-boi,
Weißbrust-Ameisenwürger,
búbos hangyászgébics,
Grote Mierklauwier,
Averla formichiera maggiore,
större myrtörnskata,
Hvitbrystmaurvarsler,
batara veľká,
mravenčík velký,
Broget Myretornskade,
lepinkäismuura,
batarà encaputxat,
taraba (południowa),
Тараба,
オオアリモズ,
大蚁鵙,
大蟻鵙,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry, Moist ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest