Scissor-tailed flycatcher

Scissor-tailed flycatcher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Tyrannus
Species:
T. forficatus
Binomial name
Tyrannus forficatus
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
  Breeding
  Migration
  Nonbreeding
Synonyms

Muscivora forficata

The scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), 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. Its scientific name used to be Muscivora forficata until it was changed to Tyrannus forficatus. It is found in North and Central America, and is Oklahoma's State Bird.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Tyrannus forficatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22700500A137915793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22700500A137915793.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.