Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrranidae |
| Genus: | Tyrannus |
| Species: | T. forficatus |
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| Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin, 1789) |
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The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is a bird. It eats insects. It is grey on top and light grey underneath with pink on the sides. The wings are dark and it has a long black tail. It is named "Scissor-tailed" because its tail looks like a pair of scissors. The tail is shorter when it is young, and the bird is not as colorful.
It lives in the United States and Mexico. It is Oklahoma's state bird.
