Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
Version: 1.0 — Published April 19, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Croatian | rašljastorepi silnik |
Czech | tyran savanový |
Dutch | Vorkstaartkoningstiran |
English | Fork-tailed Flycatcher |
English (United States) | Fork-tailed Flycatcher |
French | Tyran des savanes |
French (France) | Tyran des savanes |
German | Gabelschwanz-Königstyrann |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Pipirit ke fann |
Hungarian | Villásfarkú tirannusz |
Icelandic | Klaufhersir |
Japanese | ズグロエンビタイランチョウ |
Lithuanian | Šakotauodegis karališkasis tironas |
Norwegian | gaffeltyrann |
Polish | tyran widłosterny |
Portuguese (Brazil) | tesourinha/tesourinha-do-norte |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Tesourinha |
Romanian | Muscar de savană |
Russian | Вилохвостый тиранн |
Serbian | Račvorepa muharka |
Slovak | postriežkar lastovičí |
Spanish | Tijereta Sabanera |
Spanish (Argentina) | Tijereta |
Spanish (Chile) | Cazamoscas tijereta |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Tijereta Sabanera |
Spanish (Cuba) | Bobito de cola ahorquillada |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Cola Ahorquillada |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Tijereta Sabanera |
Spanish (Honduras) | Tirano Tijereta Encapuchado |
Spanish (Mexico) | Tirano Tijereta Gris |
Spanish (Panama) | Tijereta Sabanera |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Tijereta |
Spanish (Peru) | Tijereta Sabanera |
Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Tijereta Sabanera |
Spanish (Spain) | Tijereta sabanera |
Spanish (Uruguay) | Tijereta |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Atrapamoscas Tijereta |
Swedish | gaffelstjärtstyrann |
Turkish | Savan Tiranı |
Ukrainian | Тиран вилохвостий |
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Introduction
Fork-tailed Flycatcher is a distinctive inhabitant of grassland and open terrain from southern Mexico south to Argentina. Fork-tailed Flycatcher is mostly black and gray above with white underparts, and, as the name implies, has an extremely long forked tail. This flycatcher, which is a member of the kingbird genus Tyrannus, often perches prominently on the top of fence posts or shrubs; from such conspicuous perches, the flycatcher sallies after insects or hover-gleans to feed on fruit. The southernmost populations are migratory while populations in southern Mexico are resident. During migration Fork-tailed Flycatchers are very gregarious and may roost in flocks of up to 10,000 individuals.