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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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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 93393
  Adult

Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/19/2015
Adrian Heredia
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Photography ID: 90350
  Adult

Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/19/2015
Pablo Serur



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Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Diego Oscar08/16/2021ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra coloradaParque Nacional IguazúN/AN/ANoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
220007121/11/2024ArgentinaMisionesRuta 101, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Hugo Caverzasi
187255312/07/2023ArgentinaMisionesSendero Macuco, Parque Nacional Iguazú2Fabricio Candia
169997412/12/2022ArgentinaMisionesSendero Macuco, Parque Nacional IguazúDiego Carus
169980012/12/2022ArgentinaMisionesSendero Macuco, Parque Nacional IguazúMaria Belén Dri
187255211/12/2022ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Fabricio Candia
163955801/09/2022ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional IguazúWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
162807114/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesRuta 101, Parque Nacional IguazúDaniel Osvaldo Fernández
162743614/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesRuta 101, Parque Nacional IguazúMauricio Secchi
187255124/01/2022ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Fabricio Candia
149957620/11/2021ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú1Silvina Collado
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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.