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 (France) | 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, 1789)
PROTONYM:
M[uscicapa] forficata
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.931.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Nova Hispania [= Mexico] .
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TYRANNUS
- tyrannus
- forficata / forficatus
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