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What the Great Antshrike sounds like
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The great antshrike is a large and distinctive bird, 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighing 47.5 to 70 g (1.7 to 2.5 oz). The species exhibits significant sexual dimorphism, though both sexes of all subspecies have a large crest, a red iris, and a heavy black bill with a hook at the end like true shrikes. Adult males of the nominate subspecies T. m. major have a black head with the color extending to below the eye. Their upperparts are mostly black with a usually hidden white patch between the scapulars. Voice: The great antshrike's song is generally "a long, accelerating series of c. 40 notes, 5–14 seconds, usually ending in a snarl", though the more northern and western subspecies tend to sing fewer notes and often omit the snarl.
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When to see the Great Antshrike
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Great Antshrike
The map shades 19 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Great Antshrike
The great antshrike 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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Easily confused with
Chestnut-backed AntbirdPoliocrania exsulThe chestnut-backed antbird is 14 to 15 centimetres (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs about 29 grams (1.0 oz).
Variable AntshrikeThamnophilus caerulescensThe variable antshrike, as its common name suggests, is arguably the species of antbird with the most variable plumage.
Plain AntvireoDysithamnus mentalisThe plain antvireo is 10 to 13 cm (3.9 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 12 to 16 g (0.42 to 0.56 oz).
Side by side: Chestnut-backed Antbird vs Great Antshrike · Great Antshrike vs Variable Antshrike · Great Antshrike vs Plain Antvireo
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