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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: 426831
  Adult

Cerro Largo
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
01/28/2020
Analía García
Foto
Photography ID: 422744
♂ ♀
  Adult

Parque Provincial Caá Yarí
Misiones
Argentina
11/07/2020
Gabriel Moresco
Foto
Photography ID: 420187
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
11/17/2020
Alejandra Pons
Foto
Photography ID: 395300
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
01/28/2020
Luis Mier
Foto
Photography ID: 385192
  Adult

Cerro Largo
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
02/23/2020
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 380165
  Adult

Cruz Alta
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
01/25/2020
Pedro Sessegolo
Foto
Photography ID: 375327
  Adult

Paso Centurión
Cerro Largo
Uruguay
01/08/2020
Mauricio Silvera



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
131387817/11/2020UruguayCerro LargoPaso CenturiónAlejandra Pons
132229707/11/2020ArgentinaMisionesReserva de Biosfera Yabotí, Parque Provincial Caá YaríGabriel Moresco
120382223/02/2020UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión, Cerro LargoAdrian Antunez
120706422/02/2020ArgentinaMisionesReserva Papel MisioneroAndres Teran
119879422/02/2020ArgentinaMisionesRuta Provincial Numero 15 (-26,844570, -54,221768)1Jorge La Grotteria
119877922/02/2020ArgentinaMisionesRuta Provincial Numero 15 (-26,871943, -54,227870), Parque Provincial Caá Yarí1Jorge La Grotteria
120699419/02/2020ArgentinaMisionesGarupaAndres Teran
119668419/02/2020ArgentinaMisionesCamino sin nombrar (-27,458342, -55,815072)2Jorge La Grotteria
133887128/01/2020UruguayCerro LargoPaso Centurión, Cerro LargoAnalía García
123777828/01/2020UruguayCerro LargoAduana, Paso CenturiónLuis Mier
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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 11/04/2026.