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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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🌿 EcoRegistros Revista - Related Articles


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 545310
  Adult

Puerto Piracuá
Santa Fe
Argentina
08/20/2023
Maximiliano Sager
Foto
Photography ID: 493263
  Adult

Avellaneda
Santa Fe
Argentina
05/11/2022
Maximiliano Sager
Foto
Photography ID: 265986
  Adult

Laguna El Cristal
Santa Fe
Argentina
05/24/2018
Maximiliano Sager
Foto
Photography ID: 257982
  Adult

Colonia Nueva Romang
Santa Fe
Argentina
03/31/2018
Maximiliano Sager
Foto
Photography ID: 199588
  Adult

Colonia Sager
Santa Fe
Argentina
04/16/2017
Maximiliano Sager
Foto
Photography ID: 195863
  Adult

Arroyo Ceibal
Santa Fe
Argentina
03/21/2017
Maximiliano Sager
Foto
Photography ID: 188430
  Immature

Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Argentina
02/03/2017
Maximiliano Sager
Foto
Photography ID: 158807
  Adult

Colonia Nueva Romang
Santa Fe
Argentina
07/24/2016
Maximiliano Sager
Foto
Photography ID: 158584
  Adult

Colonia Sager
Santa Fe
Argentina
07/23/2016
Maximiliano Sager
Foto
Photography ID: 151688
  Adult

Romang
Santa Fe
Argentina
05/30/2016
Maximiliano Sager
Foto
Photography ID: 151687
  Adult

Romang
Santa Fe
Argentina
05/30/2016
Maximiliano Sager



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
234357817/08/2025ArgentinaSanta FeLos Jacintos1Maximiliano Sager
234355717/08/2025ArgentinaSanta FeArroyo Pájaro Blanco, Alejandra1Maximiliano Sager
233310910/07/2025ArgentinaSanta FeCañada Malabrigo1Maximiliano Sager
233307510/07/2025ArgentinaSanta FeCamping Malabrigo2Maximiliano Sager
233300709/07/2025ArgentinaSanta FeColonia Sager - La Perla4Maximiliano Sager
232177306/07/2025ArgentinaSanta FeArroyo Malabriguito, Colonia Nueva Romang3Maximiliano Sager
231150728/06/2025ArgentinaSanta FeEstablecimiento Don José, Colonia Durán2Maximiliano Sager
229794808/06/2025ArgentinaSanta FeParaje Los Osos1Maximiliano Sager
229807707/06/2025ArgentinaSanta FeColonia Sager - La Perla3Maximiliano Sager
229802607/06/2025ArgentinaSanta FeColonia Sager3Maximiliano Sager
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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 16/03/2026.