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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus forficatus

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Description:

It measures 19.5 cm. to the tip of the central rectrices, the outer rectrices elongated add up to 15 cm. length of the males and 9 cm. females, weighing 40 grams.

Habitat:

North and Central America open areas and forest

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PublishedMarch 12, 2012

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