---
title: "Taraba"
description: "Taraba major — Ptaki. The great antshrike (Taraba major) is a passerine bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the \"typical antbirds\"."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/great-antshrike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Taraba

> Taraba major — Ptaki. The great antshrike (Taraba major) is a passerine bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds".

- Scientific name: *Taraba major*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 3419
- Wikidata: [Q383575](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q383575)
- iNaturalist taxon: [15957](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15957)

## Names

- en: Great Antshrike
- de: Weißbrustameisenwürger
- es: Batará mayor
- fr: Grand Batara
- nl: Grote mierklauwier
- pl: Taraba

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1314), AR (1260), CO (126), BO (116), EC (99), CR (86), PE (52), TT (45), PY (36), PA (24), MX (19), HN (16)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_antshrike

## Photo

![Taraba](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-antshrike/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15957

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-antshrike?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).