Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) - HBW 9, p. 424
French: Tyran à longue queue
German: Scherenschwanz-Königstyrann
Spanish: Tijereta Rosada
Other common names: Fork-tailed Flycatcher(!)
Taxonomy: M[uscicapa] forficata J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Mexico.
Closest relatives of genus may be Empidonomus and Tyrannopsis; recent molecular-sequence data indicate present genus is monophyletic and sister-group to clade that includes Empidonomus and Griseotyrannus; two main clades within genus, loosely corresponding to “tropical species assemblage” and combination of “W” & “E” species groups of earlier authors, but with some exceptions. Present species long considered closest to T. savana, mainly due to tail-streamers, and both previously separated in subgenus Muscivora (and earlier in genus .. View all taxonomy...
Closest relatives of genus may be Empidonomus and Tyrannopsis; recent molecular-sequence data indicate present genus is monophyletic and sister-group to clade that includes Empidonomus and Griseotyrannus; two main clades within genus, loosely corresponding to “tropical species assemblage” and combination of “W” & “E” species groups of earlier authors, but with some exceptions. Present species long considered closest to T. savana, mainly due to tail-streamers, and both previously separated in subgenus Muscivora (and earlier in genus Milvulus); affinity not supported by molecular-sequence data. Phylogenetic analyses indicate clade including this species and T. verticalis within “E & W species group” that also includes T. tyrannus and perhaps T. caudifasciatus and/or T. cubensis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds in SC USA (SE Colorado, S Nebraska and SW Missouri S to E New Mexico and W Louisiana) S to NE Mexico (N Coahuila, C Nuevo León, N Tamaulipas). Winters S Mexico (Atlantic slope from S Veracruz to W Campeche, Pacific slope from Guerrero, and interior Chiapas), El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua S to C Costa Rica and rarely W Panama; also S Florida.
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A bird in a tree, looking around. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 3 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
An adult perched on a fence and calling Locality Dallas, Texas, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 16 September 1995 2 years ago 18 sec 4 -
An adult perched barbed wire Locality Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Cagan H Sekercioglu 11 March 2003 9 years ago 21 sec 3.4 -
A bird in a bush. Locality Sumidero Canyon, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 April 2009 3 years ago 28 sec 2 -
Bird with relatively short tail perched on wire, catching passing insects & making short flights Locality Puerto Quetzal, Escuintla Department, Guatemala
Joe Angseesing 20 December 2006 4 years ago 42 sec 2 -
Birds on wire, making short flights - some calls are heard Locality Puerto Quetzal, Escuintla Department, Guatemala
Joe Angseesing 20 December 2006 4 years ago 32 sec 1.8
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Adult male (note the extremely notched shape of the 10th primary) on barbed wire
Locality Manhattan, Kansas, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Dave Rintoul 27 May 2012 1 year ago 4.4 -
Adult female on a wire.
Locality Zapata, Zapata County, Texas, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Paul A Guris 21 April 2011 44 weeks ago 4.3 -
Female bird, perched on barbed wire near the nest tree
Locality Kansas, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 16 June 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
Local name: Tijereta Rosada
Locality Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Luis Vargas 28 February 2009 3 years ago 4.1 -
Male perched on a wire.
Locality Texas, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Paul A Guris 16 April 2011 44 weeks ago 4 -
On a branch in beautiful soft light.
Locality La Ensenada National Wildlife Refuge, Gulf of Nicoya, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
David Lingard 18 March 2009 1 year ago 3.5
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A group of birds calling from a wire and in short flights, just before sunset Locality Puerto Quetzal, Escuintla Department, Guatemala
(Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 20 December 2006 3 years ago 2
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