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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus forficatus

The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is a beautiful bird with long, forked tail feathers. They love to catch insects in the air and can often be seen perched on fences or wires.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher has a sleek white and gray body, with salmon-pink flanks and underwing linings. Its most distinctive feature is its incredibly long, deeply forked black tail, which can be twice the length of its body.

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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Sometimes, they pluck insects right from spiderwebs!

Their tails can grow almost twice as long as their bodies!

These birds migrate over 3,000 kilometers every year!

They bravely chase away much bigger birds of prey!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobatics

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher can perform mid-air flips and dives because of its long tail, helping them snatch insects on the wing.

Fähigkeit

Tail Rudder Power

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher has a super-long forked tail that helps them steer precisely while chasing down fast-flying prey.

Fähigkeit

Migration Marathoner

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher can fly thousands of kilometers each year, thanks to its efficient wing shape, to find warm winter homes.

Maße und Details

Länge
30-40 cm
Flügelspannweite
38-41 cm
Gewicht
0.035-0.05 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-8 Jahre
Top Speed
45 km/h
Gelegegröße
3-6
Brutzeit
14-20 Tage
Zugstrecke
3500 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These birds are bug-eating experts, zipping through the air to catch flying insects!

Hauptnahrung

  • flies
  • grasshoppers
  • crickets
  • beetles
  • moths
  • dragonflies

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

House Fly

Musca domestica

Primary prey item, caught in flight.

hunts

American Grasshopper

Schistocerca americana

Eats many types of large insects like grasshoppers.

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Large birds of prey occasionally hunt flycatchers.

shelters

Southern Live Oak

Quercus virginiana

Nests are often built in the branches of oak trees.

parasitizes

Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

Known host of parasitic cowbird eggs.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Scissor-tail

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Enjoy watching birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

30-40 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

38-41 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

0.035-0.05 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

2-8 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

45 km/h

Was frisst Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

These birds are bug-eating experts, zipping through the air to catch flying insects!

Wo findet man Scissor-tailed Flycatcher normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

Pursuit

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