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Large-tailed Antshrike

Mackenziaena leachii
(Such, G, 1825)
Batará Pintado
Borralhara-assobiadora

Family: Thamnophilidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Thamnophilus leachii.


Description: All black, speckled with white. The female is black speckled with cinnamon, so heavily speckled that on the head it becomes cinnamon speckled with black.

Geographic Distribution within Argentina: Misiones and northeastern Corrientes.

Habitat: Forests and capueras.

Diet: Arthropods and invertebrates.

Breeding: Nest made of leaves, semi-spherical, resting (not hanging or between branches).

Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Foto
Photography ID: 647028
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
04/18/2025
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 647018
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
04/19/2025
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 595553
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
11/03/2023
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 581730
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
04/24/2024
Alejandra Pons
Foto
Photography ID: 581729
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
04/24/2024
Alejandra Pons
Foto
Photography ID: 480004
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
01/21/2022
Guillermo Menéndez
Foto
Photography ID: 420187
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
11/17/2020
Alejandra Pons
Foto
Photography ID: 395300
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
01/28/2020
Luis Mier
Foto
Photography ID: 375327
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
01/08/2020
Mauricio Silvera
Foto
Photography ID: 256181
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
03/22/2018
Alicia Miller
Foto
Photography ID: 255944
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
03/22/2018
Julián Tocce
Foto
Photography ID: 248457
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
02/13/2018
Adrian Antunez



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
233859619/04/2025UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión., Paso CenturiónAdrian Antunez
233860618/04/2025UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión., Paso CenturiónAdrian Antunez
202682424/04/2024UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión., Paso CenturiónAlejandra Pons
213058703/11/2023UruguayCerro LargoPaso CenturiónAdrian Antunez
153750421/01/2022UruguayCerro LargoPaso CenturiónGuillermo Menéndez
131387817/11/2020UruguayCerro LargoPaso CenturiónAlejandra Pons
123777828/01/2020UruguayCerro LargoAduana, Paso CenturiónLuis Mier
117159408/01/2020UruguayCerro LargoPaso CenturiónMauricio Silvera
71786122/03/2018UruguayCerro LargoDelegación de Coendú, Paso CenturiónAlicia Miller
71758422/03/2018UruguayCerro LargoDelegación de Coendú, Paso CenturiónJulián Tocce
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Bibliography related


Artículo De la Peña, M. R. 1999. Aves Argentinas, Lista y Distribución. 244 págs. LOLA. Buenos Aires.

Artículo Narosky, T. y D. Yzurieta. 2010. Aves de Argentina y Uruguay – Birds of Argentina & Uruguay: Guía de Identificación Edición Total – A Field Guide Total Edition. 16a ed. 427 págs. Vázquez Mazzini Editores. Buenos Aires. Argentina.

Artículo Narosky, T. Y M. Ruda Vega. 2009. Aves Argentinas, un vuelo por el mundo silvestre. 1a edición. Albatros. Buenos Aires.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Large-tailed Antshrike (Mackenziaena leachii) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 29/03/2026.