Scissortail Flycat

 
    Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher Muscivora forficata, is a somewhat quiet bird with beautiful plumage and a long sleek tail that is twice as long as its body. The deeply-forked tail resembles a pair of scissors. The Scissor Tailed Flycatcher has a black and white tail, a dark gray back, a light gray chest and head and has pale orange red coloring beneath its wings.

 

Scissortail Flycat
From the Audubon Publication "Birds of America"
Artist: John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L. & E.
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