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Great Antshrike

Taraba major
(Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
Chororó
Choró-boi

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

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description: Black back, white ventral, white wing strips and tail bars, red iris. The female has a brown back, ochraceous ventral, and red iris.

Geographical Distribution in Argentina: Northern part of the country up to Catamarca, San Luis, Córdoba, Santa Fe, and Entre Ríos.

Habitat: Forests, woodlands, and savannas.

Feeding: Arthropods and invertebrates.

Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 662410
  Adult

Sinsacate
Córdoba
Argentina
10/10/2025
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 662409
  Adult

Sinsacate
Córdoba
Argentina
09/26/2025
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 586874
  Adult

Sinsacate
Córdoba
Argentina
05/05/2024
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 584916
  Adult

Sinsacate
Córdoba
Argentina
03/23/2024
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 562043
  Adult

Sinsacate
Córdoba
Argentina
11/04/2023
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 562042
  Adult

Sinsacate
Córdoba
Argentina
11/04/2023
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 536353
  Adult

Sinsacate
Córdoba
Argentina
05/01/2023
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 517439
  Adult

Sinsacate
Córdoba
Argentina
11/16/2022
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 453937
  Adult

Sinsacate
Córdoba
Argentina
07/03/2021
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 235549
  Adult

Sinsacate
Córdoba
Argentina
09/17/2017
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 171552
  Adult

Sinsacate
Córdoba
Argentina
10/16/2016
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 39467
  Adult

Sinsacate
Córdoba
Argentina
02/16/2014
Federico J. Villegas



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
239738610/10/2025ArgentinaCórdobaSinsacateFederico J. Villegas
239738526/09/2025ArgentinaCórdobaSinsacateFederico J. Villegas
211774011/05/2024ArgentinaCórdobaSinsacate1Pablo Eguia
204277705/05/2024ArgentinaCórdobaSinsacateFederico J. Villegas
203659123/03/2024ArgentinaCórdobaSinsacateJorge Schlemmer
193515704/11/2023ArgentinaCórdobaSinsacateFederico J. Villegas
177136501/05/2023ArgentinaCórdobaSinsacateFederico J. Villegas
168695816/11/2022ArgentinaCórdobaSinsacateFederico J. Villegas
142834803/07/2021ArgentinaCórdobaSinsacateFederico J. Villegas
66271417/09/2017ArgentinaCórdobaSinsacateFederico J. Villegas
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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. Great Antshrike (Taraba major) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.