Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Monotypic
Jonathan V. Regosin
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 30, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 30, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Dutch | Zwaluwstaartkoningstiran |
English | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
English (United States) | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
French | Tyran à longue queue |
French (French Guiana) | Tyran à longue queue |
German | Scherenschwanz-Königstyrann |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Pipirit ke long |
Icelandic | Svöluhersir |
Japanese | エンビタイランチョウ |
Norwegian | saksetyrann |
Polish | tyran różany |
Russian | Длиннохвостый тиранн |
Serbian | Makazorepa muharka |
Slovak | postriežkar vidlochvostý |
Spanish | Tijereta Rosada |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Tijereta Rosada |
Spanish (Cuba) | Bobito cola de tijera |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Cola de Tijeras |
Spanish (Honduras) | Tirano Tijereta Rosado |
Spanish (Mexico) | Tirano Tijereta Rosado |
Spanish (Panama) | Tijereta Rosada |
Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Tijereta Rosada |
Spanish (Spain) | Tijereta rosada |
Swedish | saxstjärtstyrann |
Turkish | Çatal Kuyruklu Tiran |
Ukrainian | Тиран мексиканський |
Tyrannus forficatus ("Gmelin, JF", 1789)
PROTONYM:
M[uscicapa] forficata
"Gmelin, JF", 1789. Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2, p.931.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Nova Hispania [= Mexico] .
Definitions
- TYRANNUS
- tyrannus
- forficata / forficatus
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