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Batara cinerea

Giant Antshrike


Batara cinerea

(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
Batará Gigante
Matracão
Family: Thamnophilidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Synonyms: Tamnophilus cinereus.

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


Description: It is the largest of all Formicariids. It has a long and thick bill, a long tail; black crown and crest; gray face, cheeks, nape, and ventral side; back, wings, and tail black barred with white. The female is cinnamon-colored with a rufous crown.

Geographic Distribution within Argentina:
Batara cinerea cinerea Shipton, 1918: Misiones.
Batara cinerea argentina Vieillot, 1816: Jujuy, Salta, and Tucumán.

Habitat: Forests.

Feeding: Arthropods and invertebrates.

Breeding: Nest built with leaves, semi-spherical, supported (not hanging or between branches).

Author of this compilation: Jorge La Grotteria

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Species photographs

Count: 119

Foto
Photography ID: 677705
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
12/14/2024
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 667949
♀  Adult
San Francisco
Jujuy
Argentina
09/27/2025
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 667948
♀  Adult
San Francisco
Jujuy
Argentina
09/27/2025
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 667947
♀  Adult
San Francisco
Jujuy
Argentina
09/27/2025
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 652453
♂  Adult
Orán
Salta
Argentina
08/16/2025
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 639766
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
01/07/2025
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 630195
♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
03/10/2025
Ruben Ziruffo
Foto
Photography ID: 630194
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
03/10/2025
Ruben Ziruffo
Foto
Photography ID: 612263
♂  Adult
Vía sin nombre
Misiones
Argentina
09/05/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 612262
♂  Adult
Vía sin nombre
Misiones
Argentina
09/05/2024
Jorge La Grotteria



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Species vocalizations

Count: 15


Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Pablo Bruni07/16/2026ArgentinaMisionesMirador 1 Reserva de Biósfera Yabotí, El SoberbioN/AN/ANoNo
Enrique Sanz03/27/2026ArgentinaMisionesRuta Provincial Numero 15, Parque Provincial Caá Yarí♀AdultYesNo
Victor Hugo Michelini09/29/2024ArgentinaMisionesReserva de Biosfera YabotíN/AN/AYesNo
Diego Carus10/17/2024ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaIndistinguishableAdultYesNo
Diego Oscar08/03/2024ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 83N/AN/ANoNo
Jorge La Grotteria09/14/2019ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional Calilegua♂AdultYesNo
Elsa Longo09/27/2018ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Guillermo Marcaida09/27/2018ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Dolores Fernandez04/27/2017ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaN/AN/ANoNo
Luis Fernandez Campos05/08/2015ArgentinaSaltaRuta Nac N°9 Cornisa Salta - JujuyN/AAdultNoNo
Alec Earnshaw08/16/2014ArgentinaJujuyReserva Natural Privada Ecoportal de PiedraIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
 DownloadJorge La Grotteria07/15/2014ArgentinaJujuyReserva Natural Privada Ecoportal de PiedraN/AN/ANoNo
 DownloadJorge La Grotteria08/19/2012ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Cruce Caballero♂AdultYesNo
 DownloadJorge La Grotteria02/20/2012ArgentinaMisionesCorredor Biológico Urugua-í - FoersterN/AN/ANoNo
Diego Oscar08/18/2012ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional Calilegua♂AdultYesNo


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Species videos

Count: 6





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Species records

Count: 382



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
251337925/07/2026BrazilMinas GeraisEstrada Agulhas Negras, Parna do Itatiaia1Pablo Eguia
250398123/07/2026ArgentinaMisionesParque provincia Caa Yari3Gabriel Carbajales
251228821/07/2026BrazilSão PauloMacuquinho Lodge, Salesópolis1Pablo Eguia
251224720/07/2026BrazilSão PauloMacuquinho Lodge, Salesópolis1Pablo Eguia
249756218/07/2026ArgentinaMisionesReserva de Biosfera Yabotí, Área Experimental Guaraní2Faustino Hollmann
250468016/07/2026ArgentinaMisionesMirador 1 Reserva de Biósfera Yabotí, El SoberbioPablo Bruni
251168815/07/2026BrazilSão PauloRuta sin nombre -23.923, -47.561, Tapiraí1Pablo Eguia
248227322/05/2026ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 83, Jujuy, Ar (-23,715, -64,856)Jose Luis Fernandez Guaraz
247721804/04/2026ArgentinaJujuyAcceso Serranias de Zapla (-24,245, -65,105)1Pablo Eguia
245688727/03/2026ArgentinaMisionesRuta Provincial Numero 15, Parque Provincial Caá YaríEnrique Sanz
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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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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Giant Antshrike (Batara cinerea) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 21/09/2026.