Great antshrike
| Great antshrike | |
|---|---|
| Male at Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Goiás State, Brazil | |
| Female at Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Taraba Lesson, 1831 |
| Species: | T. major |
| Binomial name | |
| Taraba major (Vieillot, 1816) | |
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.