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Mackenziaena leachii

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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Synonyms: Thamnophilus leachii.




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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


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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GroupSpeciesDateUser
BirdsCaburé Chico (Glaucidium brasilianum)26/12/2015Adrian Antunez



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Photography ID: 647028
♀  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
04/18/2025
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 647018
♂  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
04/19/2025
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 619141
♀  Adult
Cerro Largo
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
12/13/2024
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 619139
♂  Adult
Cerro Largo
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
12/13/2024
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 595553
♂  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
11/03/2023
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 385192
♂  Adult
Cerro Largo
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
02/23/2020
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 317353
♂  Adult
Cerro Largo
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
02/16/2019
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 248457
♀  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
02/13/2018
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 191061
♀  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
02/18/2017
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 144434
♀  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
03/25/2016
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 131062
♂  Adult
Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
12/26/2015
Adrian Antunez



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
233859619/04/2025UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión., Paso CenturiónAdrian Antunez
233860618/04/2025UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión., Paso CenturiónAdrian Antunez
223770313/12/2024UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión, Cerro LargoAdrian Antunez
213058703/11/2023UruguayCerro LargoPaso CenturiónAdrian Antunez
120382223/02/2020UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión, Cerro LargoAdrian Antunez
88786416/02/2019UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión, Cerro LargoAdrian Antunez
70203115/02/2018UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión6Adrian Antunez
70066113/02/2018UruguayCerro LargoPaso CenturiónAdrian Antunez
54442718/02/2017UruguayCerro LargoPaso CenturiónAdrian Antunez
54433717/02/2017UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión4Adrian Antunez
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Related bibliography


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.



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Recommended citation
Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Large-tailed Antshrike (Mackenziaena leachii) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 28/09/2026.