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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.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

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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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Aerial Acrobatics

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

Habilidad

Tail Rudder Power

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

Habilidad

Migration Marathoner

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
30-40 cm
Envergadura
38-41 cm
Peso
0.035-0.05 kg
Esperanza de vida
2-8 años
Top Speed
45 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta
3-6
Incubación
14-20 días
Distancia de migración
3500 km

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

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

Método de búsqueda

  • Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

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Scissor-tail

Colecciones

Seguridad

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

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

30-40 cm

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

38-41 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

0.035-0.05 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

2-8 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

45 km/h

¿Qué come Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

Grasslands

¿Cómo caza Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?

Pursuit

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