Swallow-tailed Flycatcher
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“Milvulus forficatus. Swallow-tailed Flycatcher. Scissor-tail. Crown patch orange or scarlet. General color hoary-ash, paler or white below; sides at insertion of wings scarlet or bloody-red, and other parts of the body variously tinged with the same, or a paler salmon-red. Wings blackish, with whitish edgings. Tail black, but several of the long feathers extensively white or rosy; these are narrow and linear, sometimes widening somewhat in spoon-shape.” Elliot Coues, 1884
Keywords
migratory birds, birds, ornithology, songbirds, Milvulus forficatus, North American birds, Scissor-tail, insectivorous birds, Swallow-tailed Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, flycatching birds, Tyrannus forficatus, State Bird of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Commemorative quarterGalleries
Birds: F-GSource
Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)
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