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Scissor Tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin & JF 1789)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List

Recognized by CalPhotos, DC Birds Brief Summaries, Furui 2020, and Animal Diversity Web

Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Species recognized by GBIF classification

Recognized by NBII images, Dc Birds maps, and INBio

Recognized by OBIS environmental data records

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Recognized by PlanetScott, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, Flickr BHL, BHL data coverage, and Flickr Group

Species recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and GBIF data coverage

Recognized by NMNH Collection

Alternative Names

Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

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Spanish; Castilian

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Swedish

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Ukrainian

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Bilateria

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Gnathostomata

Osteichthyes

Sarcopterygii

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Amniota

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Diapsida

Archosauromorpha

Archosauria

Dinosauria

Saurischia

Theropoda

Tetanurae

Coelurosauria

Maniraptoriformes

Maniraptora

Aves

Ornithurae

Neornithes

Neognathae

Neoaves

landbirds

Passeriformes

Suboscines

Tyrannidae

Tyrannus Lacépède 1799

Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin & JF 1789) (this page)

Tyrannus albogularis Burmeister 1856

Tyrannus caudifasciatus d'Orbigny 1839

Tyrannus couchii Baird & SF 1858

Tyrannus crassirostris Swainson 1826

Tyrannus cubensis Richmond 1898

Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmelin & JF 1788)

Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot 1819

Tyrannus niveigularis Sclater & PL 1860

Tyrannus savana Daudin 1802

Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus 1758)

Tyrannus verticalis Say 1822

Tyrannus vociferans Swainson 1826

Biota

Animalia

Chordata

Vertebrata

Gnathostomata

Osteichthyes

Sarcopterygii

Tetrapoda

Amniota

Aves

Passeriformes

Tyrannidae

Tyrannus Lacepede 1799

Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin 1789) (this page)

Tyrannus albogularis Burmeister 1856

Tyrannus caudifasciatus Orbigny 1839

Tyrannus couchii S. F. Baird 1858

Tyrannus crassirostris Swainson 1826

Tyrannus cubensis Richmond 1898

Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmelin 1788)

Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot 1819

Tyrannus niveigularis P. L. Sclater 1860

Tyrannus savana Vieillot 1808

Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus 1758)

Tyrannus verticalis Say 1823

Tyrannus vociferans Swainson 1826

Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin & JF 1789) (this page)

Tyrannus albogularis Burmeister 1856

Tyrannus caudifasciatus d'Orbigny 1839

Tyrannus couchii Baird & SF 1858

Tyrannus crassirostris Swainson 1826

Tyrannus cubensis Richmond 1898

Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmelin & JF 1788)

Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot 1819

Tyrannus niveigularis Sclater & PL 1860

Tyrannus savana Daudin 1802

Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus 1758)

Tyrannus verticalis Say 1822

Tyrannus vociferans Swainson 1826

Life

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Eukaryota

Opisthokonta

Metazoa

Bilateria

Deuterostomia

Chordata

Vertebrata

Gnathostomata

Osteichthyes

Sarcopterygii

Tetrapoda

Amniota

Reptilia

Diapsida

Archosauromorpha

Archosauria

Dinosauria

Saurischia

Theropoda

Tetanurae

Coelurosauria

Maniraptoriformes

Maniraptora

Paraves

Aves

Ornithurae

Neornithes

Neognathae

Neoaves

landbirds

Passeriformes

Suboscines

Tyrannidae

Tyrannus Lacépède 1799

Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin & JF 1789) (this page)

Tyrannus albogularis Burmeister 1856

Tyrannus caudifasciatus d'Orbigny 1839

Tyrannus couchii Baird & SF 1858

Tyrannus crassirostris Swainson 1826

Tyrannus cubensis Richmond 1898

Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmelin & JF 1788)

Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot 1819

Tyrannus niveigularis Sclater & PL 1860

Tyrannus savana Daudin 1802

Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus 1758)

Tyrannus verticalis Say 1822

Tyrannus vociferans Swainson 1826

Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin & JF 1789) (this page)

Tyrannus albogularis Burmeister 1856

Tyrannus caudifasciatus d'Orbigny 1839

Tyrannus couchii Baird & SF 1858

Tyrannus crassirostris Swainson 1826

Tyrannus cubensis Richmond 1898

Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmelin & JF 1788)

Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot 1819

Tyrannus niveigularis Sclater & PL 1860

Tyrannus savana Daudin 1802

Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus 1758)

Tyrannus verticalis Say 1822

Tyrannus vociferans Swainson 1826

Animalia

Chordata

Aves

Passeriformes

Tyrannidae

Tyrannus Lacépède 1799

Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin 1789) (this page)

Tyrannus albogularis Burmeister 1856

Tyrannus atrifrons P. L. Sclater 1857

Tyrannus caudifasciatus Orbigny 1839

Tyrannus chubbi Davis 1979

Tyrannus couchii S. F. Baird 1858

Tyrannus crassirostris Swainson 1826

Tyrannus cubensis Richmond 1898

Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmelin 1788)

Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot 1819

Tyrannus monachus Hartlaub 1844

Tyrannus niveigularis P. L. Sclater 1860

Tyrannus rostratus P. L. Sclater 1864

Tyrannus savana Vieillot 1808

Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus 1758)

Tyrannus verticalis Say 1823

Tyrannus vociferans Swainson 1826

Animalia

Bilateria

Deuterostomia

Chordata

Vertebrata

Gnathostomata

Tetrapoda

Aves

Passeriformes

Tyrannidae

Tyrannus Lacepede 1799

Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin 1789) (this page)

Tyrannus albogularis Burmeister 1856

Tyrannus caudifasciatus Orbigny 1839

Tyrannus couchii S. F. Baird 1858

Tyrannus crassirostris Swainson 1826

Tyrannus cubensis Richmond 1898

Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmelin 1788)

Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot 1819

Tyrannus niveigularis P. L. Sclater 1860

Tyrannus savana Vieillot 1808

Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus 1758)

Tyrannus verticalis Say 1823

Tyrannus vociferans Swainson 1826

Animalia

Chordata

Aves

Passeriformes

Tyrannidae

Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin 1789) (this page)

Camptostoma imberbe Sclater 1857

Camptostoma obsoletum (Temminck 1824)

Capsiempis flaveola (Lichtenstein 1823)

Corythopis delalandi (Lesson 1831)

Corythopis torquatus Tschudi 1844

Elaenia albiceps (D' Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837)

Elaenia cristata Pelzeln 1868

Elaenia dayi Chapman 1929

Elaenia flavogaster (Thunberg 1822)

Elaenia frantzii Lawrence 1865

Elaenia gigas Sclater 1871

Elaenia martinica (Linnaeus 1766)

Elaenia mesoleuca (Deppe 1830)

Elaenia parvirostris Pelzeln 1868

Elaenia pelzelni Berlepsch 1907

Elaenia ridleyana Sharpe 1888

Elaenia ruficeps Pelzeln 1868

Elaenia spectabilis Pelzeln 1868

Elaenia strepera Cabanis 1883

Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus Fitzpatrick & O'Neill 1979

Hemitriccus diops (Temminck 1822)

Hemitriccus flammulatus Berlepsch 1901

Hemitriccus furcatus (Lafresnaye 1846)

Hemitriccus granadensis (Hartlaub 1843)

Hemitriccus inornatus (Pelzeln 1868)

Hemitriccus iohannis (Snethlage 1907)

Hemitriccus josephinae (Chubb 1914)

Hemitriccus kaempferi (Zimmer 1953)

Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer (D' Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837)

Hemitriccus minimus (Zimmer 1940)

Hemitriccus minor (Snethlage 1907)

Hemitriccus mirandae (Snethlage 1925)

Hemitriccus nidipendulus (Wied 1831)

Hemitriccus obsoletus (Ribeiro 1906)

Hemitriccus orbitatus (Wied 1831)

Hemitriccus rufigularis (Cabanis 1873)

Hemitriccus spodiops (Berlepsch 1901)

Hemitriccus striaticollis (Lafresnaye 1853)

Leptopogon amaurocephalus Tschudi 1846

Leptopogon rufipectus (Lafresnaye 1846)

Leptopogon taczanowskii Hellmayr 1917

Mecocerculus calopterus (Sclater 1859)

Mecocerculus hellmayri Berlepsch 1907

Mecocerculus leucophrys (D' Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837)

Mecocerculus minor (Taczanowski 1879)

Mecocerculus poecilocercus Sclater & Salvin 1873

Mecocerculus stictopterus (Sclater 1858)

Mionectes oleagineus (Lichtenstein 1823)

Mionectes rufiventris Cabanis 1846

Mionectes striaticollis (D' Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837)

Myiopagis cotta (Gosse 1849)

Myiopagis flavivertex (Sclater 1887)

Myiopagis gaimardii (D' Orbigny 1840)

Myiopagis subplacens (Sclater 1861)

Myiopagis viridicata (Vieillot 1817)

Nesotriccus ridgwayi Townsend 1895

Ornithion brunneicapillus (Lawrence 1862)

Ornithion inerme Hartlaub 1853

Ornithion semiflavum (Sclater & Salvin 1860)

Phyllomyias cinereiceps (Sclater 1860)

Phyllomyias fasciatus (Thunberg 1822)

Phyllomyias griseiceps (Sclater & Salvin 1871)

Phyllomyias griseocapilla Sclater 1861

Phyllomyias nigrocapillus (Lafresnaye 1845)

Phyllomyias plumbeiceps (Lawrence 1869)

Phyllomyias reiseri Hellmayr 1905

Phyllomyias sclateri Berlepsch 1901

Phyllomyias uropygialis (Lawrence 1869)

Phyllomyias virescens (Temminck 1824)

Poecilotriccus albifacies (Blake 1959)

Poecilotriccus calopterus Sclater 1857

Poecilotriccus capitalis (Sclater 1857)

Poecilotriccus fumifrons Hartlaub 1853

Poecilotriccus latirostris (Pelzeln 1868)

Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps Lafresnaye 1846

Poecilotriccus pulchellus Sclater 1874

Poecilotriccus ruficeps (Kaup 1852)

Poecilotriccus russatus (Salvin & Godman 1884)

Poecilotriccus senex (Pelzeln 1868)

Poecilotriccus sylvia (Desmarest 1806)

Pseudelaenia leucospodia (Taczanowski 1877)

Pseudotriccus pelzelni Taczanowski & Berlepsch 1885

Pseudotriccus ruficeps (Lafresnaye 1843)

Pseudotriccus simplex (Berlepsch 1901)

Serpophaga cinerea (Tschudi 1844)

Sublegatus arenarum (Salvin 1863)

Sublegatus modestus (Wied 1831)

Sublegatus obscurior Todd 1920

Taeniotriccus andrei Berlepsch & Hartert 1902

Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum Strickland 1850

Todirostrum cinereum (Linnaeus 1766)

Todirostrum maculatum (Desmarest 1806)

Todirostrum nigriceps Sclater 1855

Todirostrum pictum Salvin 1897

Todirostrum poliocephalum (Wied 1831)

Todirostrum viridanum Hellmayr 1927

Tyrannulus elatus (Latham 1790)

Zimmerius bolivianus (d'Orbigny 1840)

Zimmerius cinereicapilla (Cabanis 1873)

Zimmerius viridiflavus (Tschudi 1844)

274 additional siblings truncated for brevity.

See the resource file for a full list.

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Tyrannus

Tyrannus forficatus (this page)

Tyrannus albogularis

Tyrannus caudifasciatus

Tyrannus couchii

Tyrannus crassirostris

Tyrannus dominicensis

Tyrannus melancholicus

Tyrannus savana

Tyrannus tyrannus

Tyrannus verticalis

Tyrannus verticalis × Tyrannus forficatus

Tyrannus vociferans

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Tyrannidae

Tyrannus

Tyrannus forficatus (this page)

Tyrannus albogularis

Tyrannus atrifrons

Tyrannus caudifasciatus

Tyrannus couchii

Tyrannus crassirostris

Tyrannus cubensis

Tyrannus dominicensis

Tyrannus forficata

Tyrannus irupero

Tyrannus melancholicus

Tyrannus niveigularis

Tyrannus rostratus

Tyrannus savana

Tyrannus tyrannus

Tyrannus verticalis

Tyrannus vociferan

Tyrannus vociferans

Scissor Tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin & JF 1789)

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Curated hierarchies for Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin & JF 1789)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

GBIF classification

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

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