Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

The Scissor -tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus ) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family within the suborder of birds cry.

Features

The Scissor -tailed Flycatcher has an extremely long forked black tail. Upper hand, the bird is colored gray; the underside is lighter with pink edges. The young birds are less colorful and have a shorter tail.

Occurrence

This cry bird breeds in open bushland with scattered trees in the central southern United States and northeastern Mexico and winters in southern Mexico and Central America. Sometimes the bird shows up at the coast of the USA and he rarely is seen in southern Canada. The Scissor -tailed Flycatcher, the state bird of Oklahoma.

Behavior

The bird, who defends his aggressive breeding grounds, feeding on insects that it hunts from a stand hunting, and occasionally berries.

Reproduction

During mating, the male performs a spectacular sightseeing flight. A cup-shaped nest is sometimes built in a bush or tree on a telephone pole. Both parents feed the young birds birds.