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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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Records from Reserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá

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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Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
David Juszczuk12/07/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Héctor Bernardo Fernández12/07/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáIndistinguishableN/ANoNo
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
162821916/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáDaniel Osvaldo Fernández
162772416/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáMauricio Secchi
162800214/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáDaniel Osvaldo Fernández
162688414/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáMauricio Secchi
162792813/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáDaniel Osvaldo Fernández
162680913/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáMauricio Secchi
84602310/09/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáElsa Longo
83468210/09/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáGuillermo Marcaida
71008628/02/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáRomán Anselmo
40200510/02/2016ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáJulian Garcia
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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 10/04/2026.