scissor-tailed flycatcher

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A flycatcher (Muscivora forficata) of the southwest United States, Mexico, and Central America, having a long forked tail.

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flycatcher genus Muscivora Muscivora Muscivora-forficata New World flycatcher scissortail scissortailed flycatcher tyrant bird tyrant flycatcher			A scissor-tailed flycatcher was discovered at the airport early Wednesday morning by local bird expert Jeffrey S. Stray scissor-tail wings it; Birders flock to Orange Airport for rare ... by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) Smith was on a family vacation somewhere in western Texas about eight years ago when he spotted a scissor-tailed flycatcher, a small gold, tan and gray sparrow-shaped bird with two long distinctive tails, indigenous to the region but one that he'd never seen before. RARE SIGHTING AVID BIRD WATCHER ALSO A REPUBLICAN COUNCILMAN AND AN ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Figure 2 (opposite page): Scissor-tailed Flycatcher fan with feathers collected over 15 years from birds mostly common in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and down into Mexico. Patrick Scott--feather fans by Durkin, Peter / Whispering Wind			Scipio Scipio Africanus Scipio Africanus Major Scipio the Elder scire facias scirocco Scirpus Scirpus acutus Scirpus cyperinus Scirrhoid Scirrhosity scirrhous scirrhus Sciscitation Scise scissel Scissible Scissil scissile scission Scissiparity scissor scissor grip scissor hold scissor-tailed scissor-tailed flycatcher scissors Scissors grinder scissors grip scissors hold scissors kick scissors-and-paste Scissors-tailed Scissorsbill Scissorstail scissortail scissortailed flycatcher scissure Scitamineous sciurid Sciuridae sciurine sciuroid Sciuromorpha Sciurus Sciurus carolinensis Sciurus griseus Sciurus hudsonicus Sciurus niger Sciurus vulgaris sclaff			scission scission scissions scissions scissions Scissiparity scissor scissor scissor scissor bite scissor bite scissor bite scissor engine scissor gait Scissor Gang Mafia scissor grip scissor hold scissor holds Scissor jack Scissor kick scissor leg scissor leg scissor leg scissor leg scissor legs scissor mouth scissor mouth Scissor Sisters Party Bus scissor-tailed scissor-tailed scissor-tailed flycatcher scissor-tailed flycatchers scissored scissored scissoring scissoring scissoring scissors scissors scissors Scissors (disambiguation) scissors bridge Scissors crossover scissors fault Scissors gait Scissors gait Scissors gait Scissors gait Scissors grinder scissors grip Scissors Grip Model scissors hold scissors holds scissors kick scissors mode scissors truss scissors, Fox scissors-and-paste scissors-tail Scissors-tailed scissors-tails

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