| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Tyranni |
| Infraorder: | Tyrannides |
| Parvorder: | Tyrannida |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Subfamily: | Tyranninae |
| Genus: | Tyrannus |
| Species: | T. forficatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin, 1789) | |
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Muscivora forficata | |
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher stone pattern
The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus, also known as the Texas bird-of-paradise and the swallowtailed flycatcher) is a long-tailed insectivorous (insect-eating) bird of the genus Tyrannus , whose members are collectively referred to as kingbirds. The kingbirds are a group of large insectivorous birds in the tyrant flycatcher (Tyrannidae) family. The scissor-tailed flycatcher is found in North and Central America.
It is the state bird of Oklahoma.
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