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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: 67142
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
10/20/2014
Julio Cesar Castillo Yazauskas
Foto
Photography ID: 33878
  Adult

Garupa
Misiones
Argentina
01/13/2014
Marcelo Allende



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
David Juszczuk12/07/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Héctor Bernardo Fernández12/07/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáIndistinguishableN/ANoNo
 DownloadJorge La Grotteria11/23/2014ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaAdultYesNo
Pablo Meoniz11/23/2014ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaAdultYesNo
Adrian Heredia04/05/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáN/AN/ANoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
21042807/12/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáDavid Juszczuk
21028307/12/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáHéctor Bernardo Fernández
20533723/11/2014ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaSantiago Alemán
20342423/11/2014ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaPablo Meoniz
20259823/11/2014ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaJorge La Grotteria
19417427/10/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáMarcelo Gavensky
19292820/10/2014UruguayCerro LargoPaso CenturiónJulio Cesar Castillo Yazauskas
18708010/10/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáRuggeri Andres
17893407/09/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáAdrian Heredia
16913918/08/2014ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Teyú CuaréMarcelo Javier Wioneczak
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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 30/03/2026.