#1364 · 🐦 birds

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

🇳🇱 Zwaluwstaartkoningstiran ·Tyrannus forficatus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The scissor-tailed flycatcher ( Tyrannus forficatus ), also known as the Texas bird-of-paradise and swallow-tailed flycatcher , is a long-tailed bird of the genus Tyrannus , whose members are collectively referred to as kingbirds. The kingbirds are a group of large insectivorous (insect-eating) birds in the tyrant flycatcher (Tyrannidae) family. The scissor-tailed flycatcher is found in North and Central America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 31,409iNaturalist observations
weight 39 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
31,409 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 39 g.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).