Great Antshrike
Taraba major
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae
- Genus
- Taraba
- eBird Code
- greant1
Vocalizations
Subspecies (10)
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Taraba major borbae
south-central Amazonian Brazil (Rio Purus to Rio Madeira)
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Taraba major duidae
tepuis of southeastern Venezuela (Mount Duida)
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Taraba major granadensis
Caribbean slope of northern Colombia to northwestern Venezuela
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Taraba major major
eastern Bolivia to south-central Brazil, western Paraguay, and northern Argentina
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Taraba major melanocrissus
Caribbean slope of southeastern Mexico (San Luis Potosí) to western Panama
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Taraba major melanurus
southeastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and southwestern Amazonian Brazil
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Taraba major obscurus
western Costa Rica to Panama and northern Colombia
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Taraba major semifasciatus
far eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas, northeastern and southeastern Brazil (south to Rio Negro and the Amazon River and, south of the Amazon River, from far eastern Amazonas eastward to western Maranhão and southward to northern Mato Grosso and northwestern Goiás)
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Taraba major stagurus
northeastern Brazil (eastern Maranhão to Pernambuco and Espiríto Santo)
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Taraba major transandeanus
coastal southwestern Colombia to western Ecuador and northwestern Peru (Tumbes)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.