Great Antshrike (Taraba major) |
Pictures (click on them to enlarge) | ||
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© Henk Olieman | © John Mittermeier | © Alexander Elias |
© Alexander Elias | Ecuador © Dennis Binda | Ecuador © Dennis Binda |
The Great Antshrike is often found in pairs, hopping around in the cover of the undergrowth. The photo of a Great Antshrike, was made by John Mittermeier on the Sipaliwini savanna in 2006. Otte Ottema recorded a sound of the Great Antshrike at Arapahu in June 2006. First a buff breasted wren can be heard. |
Birdsounds (click on them to listen) | ||
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Sound recording of a Great Antshrike © Otte Ottema, bird guide | Sound recording of a Great Antshrike © Dominiek Plouvier |
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Observations through the year | Observations of breeding through the year |
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The 384 reported observations of this bird in Suriname, mainly for the last 50 years up to 2018, have been grouped by month. More birds on one day are counted as one observation. Of course, if the graph should depict the total number of birds seen, the differences between the months could be much more pronounced. | The reported breeding observations of this bird in Suriname. Most observations are about nest with eggs, some about fledglings, or feeding at a nest or the building of a nest. Of the about 5000 nests and eggs found for all species together, about 1/3 comes from the egg collection of Penard between 1896 and 1905. For some reason most collecting then was done in the first half of each year, so the shown distribution does not necessarily reflect the actual breeding preferences. The main dry season in Suriname is reckoned to be from half August to the end of November, the main wet season from half April to half August, but the the timing of begin and end does vary from year to year. Around March a second dry season often occurs. |