FORT SILL, Okla. -- When the creator decided to make a flycatcher with a stupendously long, forked tail, it showed the Big Guy had a sense of humor. If you watch the scissor-tailed flycatcher's sky ...

Scissor-tailed flycatchers rank among the most elegant and easily recognizable songbirds in Arkansas and all of North America. With extremely long tails and peachy-rose breast color that peeks out ...

You may not think of grassland when you think of Alabama. But you’d be wrong: Alabama is home to prairie habitat, and along with it, some of its customary birds, like this one - the Scissor-tailed ...

The striking scissor-tailed flycatcher is our only regular “long-tailed kingbird.” It is not only graceful and beautiful, but also common and easy to observe. Monotypic. Length 10–14.8". Adult: medium ...

David Allen Sibley's Guide to Birds lists 37 species of flycatchers in North America, 17 of which might be seen in Arkansas. The scissor-tailed flycatcher is just one. This family of birds, known as ...

Fifty years ago this May, the Legislature designated the scissortailed flycatcher as Oklahoma's state bird. According to many bird enthusiasts, this year's golden anniversary celebration is special ...

Now is the time to start searching for the scissor-tailed flycatcher on its way north from the tropics to spend the summer in Oklahoma. Oklahoma is one of only seven United States in which the bird ...