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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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Foto
Photography ID: 131062
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
12/26/2015
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 127082
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
10/31/2015
Pedro Rinaldi
Foto
Photography ID: 96986
  Adult

Rio Piracicaba
Minas Gerais
Brazil
05/02/2015
João Sérgio Barros
Foto
Photography ID: 95902
  Adult

Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
04/26/2015
Marcelo Allende
Foto
Photography ID: 93393
  Adult

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

Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/19/2015
Pablo Serur
Foto
Photography ID: 83634
  Adult

Encarnación
Itapúa
Paraguay
02/08/2015
Roberto Fermín Derna



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
38099026/12/2015UruguayCerro LargoPaso CenturiónAdrian Antunez
36820331/10/2015UruguayCerro LargoPaso CenturiónPedro Rinaldi
33465626/09/2015ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá1Alec Earnshaw
33460124/09/2015ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáAlec Earnshaw
32853207/09/2015ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaAdrian Antunez
30956124/07/2015ArgentinaMisionesTacuapi Lodge, Salto EncantadoRicardo Juliano
29997221/06/2015ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáAndres Teran
27838002/05/2015BrazilMinas GeraisRio PiracicabaJoão Sérgio Barros
27513526/04/2015ArgentinaMisionesComplejo Turístico Don Rodolfo, Santa AnaMarcelo Allende
27388022/04/2015ArgentinaMisionesReserva Natural MainumbyLeandro Castillo
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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.