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Great Antshrike
Diego Carús, CC0, via iNaturalist

Songbirds & other perching birds

Great Antshrike

Taraba major (Vieillot, 1816)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishGreat Antshrike
DutchGrote Mierklauwier
SpanishBatará mayor
Chinese大蚁鵙
Scientific nameTaraba major (Vieillot, 1816)

About this species

The great antshrike (Taraba major) is a passerine bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in southern Mexico, in every Central American country except El Salvador, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, though only as a vagrant in Uruguay.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyThamnophilidae
GenusTaraba

In Suriname

517Records in Suriname
5iNaturalist observations
1846First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini192
  • Commewijne134
  • Paramaribo58
  • Brokopondo24
  • Para24
  • Saramacca11
  • Wanica10
  • Nickerie7

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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