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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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Records from Parque Nacional Chaco

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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🌿 EcoRegistros Revista - Related Articles


📖 Issue Nº 8 • Article Nº 3
✍ Oscar Bernardo Quiroga
05/26/2018 01:06



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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 661921
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
11/17/2018
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 638109
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
06/28/2024
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 508621
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
08/02/2022
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 506285
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
08/02/2022
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 450948
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
07/15/2019
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 284235
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
08/06/2018
Dolores Fernandez



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
229842428/06/2024ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional Chaco, Parque Nacional ChacoGustavo Marasco
167865721/11/2022ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional Chaco1Pablo Meoniz
168780005/11/2022ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoDiego Carus
168764105/11/2022ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoMaria Belén Dri
162712113/08/2022ArgentinaChacoSendero 6, Parque Nacional Chaco2Pablo Capovilla
162574313/08/2022ArgentinaChacoSendero 6, Parque Nacional Chaco2Hugo Caverzasi
163320902/08/2022ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoGuillermo Marcaida
163301402/08/2022ArgentinaChacoZona de acampe, Parque Nacional ChacoElsa Longo
135189020/01/2021ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional Chaco1María Alejandra Sosa
135184320/01/2021ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional Chaco1Jorge La Grotteria
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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 14/03/2026.