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