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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin, 1789)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishScissor-tailed Flycatcher
DutchZwaluwstaartkoningstiran
SpanishTirano tijereta rosado
Chinese剪尾王霸鹟
Scientific nameTyrannus forficatus (Gmelin, 1789)

About this species

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. It is found in North and Central America, and is Oklahoma's State Bird.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrannidae
GenusTyrannus

In Suriname

3Records in Suriname
1958First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo3

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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