1A tyrant flycatcher with a very long forked tail, found in the southern US and noted for its spectacular aerial display.
Tyrannus forficatus, family Tyrannidae
Example sentencesExamples
- In those days scissor-tailed flycatchers were still uncommon in our part of the world, and seemed nearly as exotic to us as toucans.
- That should make the scissor-tailed flycatchers happy.
- As I stood there on my sister's porch, the first scissor-tailed flycatcher of the spring flew over.
- Was it a member of the winged flock that was in the running for Oklahoma's state bird, an honor ultimately bestowed on the swallow-tailed scissortail flycatcher?
- Just yesterday I sat under a tiny tree surrounded by concrete in the parking lot and watched a scissor-tailed flycatcher work on her nest.