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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Description The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is 14 inches long (36 cm), of which more than half is a very long and deeply forked black and white tail.
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatus
The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) breeds in the south central great plains and grasslands from Kansas southward through Oklahoma and Texas and into northern Mexico.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see flycatcher.
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Behaviour
No observations regarding Scissor-tailed Flycatcher behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Scissor-tailed Flycatchers ...
Scissor-tailed Flycatchers are distinctive birds with very long outer tail feathers. The tails of males are longer than females. Juveniles will have very short tails and might be confused with Western Kingbird (rare on the UTC).
The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) has a long, forked tail. The bird is 13 inches long from beak to tip of tail. Typical of flycatchers, it feeds on insects, making it a very valuable bird when it comes to controlling insect pests.
Breeding Scissor-tailed Flycatchers near Monroe, NC
In summer 2000, Scissor-tailed Flycatchers bred at Anne and Blayne Olsen's Friendly Ridge Farm in Union County, NC.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus. Breeder. Uncommon in fall, rare in winter and spring, and occasional in summer in Gulf Coast region. In other regions, rare in spring, summer, and fall.
SWALLOW-TAILED FLYCATCHER.
[Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.]
(State Bird of Oklahoma)
MILVULUS FORFICATUS, Gmel.
[Tyrannus forficatus.] ...
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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The adult Fork-tailed Flycatcher, with its extremely long tail, is only likely to be confused with the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher but this species lacks a dark cap.
Gray Kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
Loggerhead Kingbird, Tyrannus caudifasciatus
Giant Kingbird, Tyrannus cubensis
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus forficatus
Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus savana ...
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) ...
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata) ...
 See also: Flycatcher, Kingbird, Pewee, Eastern Kingbird, Phoebe
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