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Defined: DKZ00041
English Great Antshrike
Scientific (Taraba major melanurus)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Thamnophilidae
Family (English) Antbirds
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions MA, SA
Breeding Range Subregions e Mexico to n Argentina
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Argentina,Belize,Bolivia,Brazil,Colombia,Costa Rica,Ecuador - mainland,French Guiana,Guatemala,Guyana, Honduras,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama,Paraguay,Peru,Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,Uruguay,Venezuela,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
melanocrissus se Mexico to w Panama
stagurus e, ne Brazil
borbae wc Brazil s of the Amazon
melanurus w Amazonia
duidae Mt. Duida (se Venezuela)
semifasciatus e Colombia, s and ne Venezuela, the Guianas and ne, c Brazil
granadensis n, c Colombia and nw Venezuela
transandeanus sw Colombia, w Ecuador and nw Peru
obscurus w Costa Rica to n Colombia
major e Bolivia, Paraguay, s Brazil and n Argentina
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Vieillot, 1816)
German Weißbrust-Ameisenwürger
French Grand Batara
Chinese 大蚁鵙
Japanese オオアリモズ
Russian Большая тараба
Spanish Batará mayor
Portuguese formigueiro-grande
Bird Data App text A large widepread antshrike which can be found in dense vegetation in humid and dry habitats.
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)