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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Tirano Tijereta,
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Photo: G. Beaton
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A gray flycatcher with very long, outer tail feathers. Length: 35 cm.; weight: 39 g. Audio (M. Oberle). Breeds in the south central USA and northeastern Mexico. Winters in Central America. Accidental in coastal Puerto Rico (December 1960). TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; TYRANNIDAE; Tyranninae |
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Nesting habitat (Texas) - Photo:
M. Oberle
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References Arendt, W.J. 1992. Status of North American migrant landbirds in the Caribbean region: a summary. Pp. 143-171 in Ecology and conservation of neotropical migrant landbirds (J.M. Hagan III and D.W. Johnston, eds.) Smithsonian Instit. Press, Washington, D.C. Bent, A.C. 1942. Life histories of North American flycatchers, larks, swallows, and their allies. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 179. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1963). Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/ Fireside, NY. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. Regosin, J.V. 1998. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus). No. 342 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Spanish text Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |