Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Mato Grosso, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Mato Grosso, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Mato Grosso, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Amazonian Brazil
Status: The Great Antshrike is fairly common to common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1500 m along the east slope of the Andes. It is rare in the semi-deciduous forest in extreme northwest Peru, in Tumbes. The Great Antshrike also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Batará Grande.
Sub-species: Great Antshrike (Taraba major transandeanus), (P. L. Sclater), 1855. Pacific slope of extreme SW Colombia (Nariño), W Ecuador, and extreme NW Peru (Tumbes).
(Taraba major melanurus), (P. L. Sclater), 1855. SE Colombia (Caquetá, Putumayo, Amazonas), E Ecuador, E Peru and SW Amazonian Brazil (S of R Amazon in W Amazonas and Acre E to middle R Purus and N bank of R Abunã).
Meaning of Name: Taraba: Tupí name Tarabe for an Amazon parrot. major: L. maior, maioris= greater, larger, powerful.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.
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