Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 21,849
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The scissor-tailed flycatcher, known as swallow-tailed flycatcher or scissorstail, is a long-tailed insectivorous bird of the genus Tyrannus, whose members are collectively referred to as kingbirds. It is found in North and Central America, and is Oklahoma's State Bird.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Scissor-tailed flycatcher”.