Species
Tyrannus forficatus (Scissor-tailed flycatcher)
Tyrannus forficatus. Photo: (c) Martin Hall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), also known as the Texas bird-of-paradise and swallow-tailed flycatcher, is a long-tailed bird of the genus Tyrannus, whose members are collectively referred to as kingbirds. The kingbirds are a group of large insectivorous (insect-eating) birds in the tyrant flycatcher (Tyrannidae) family. The scissor-tailed flycatcher is found in North and Central America.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
- Family: Tyrannidae (Tyrant flycatchers)
- Genus: Tyrannus (Kingbirds)
- Species: Tyrannus forficatus (Scissor-tailed flycatcher)
- Genus: Tyrannus (Kingbirds)
- Family: Tyrannidae (Tyrant flycatchers)
- Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)


