Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Oklahoma designated the scissor-tailed flycatcher (Muscivora forficata) as the official state bird in 1951 (it is also featured on the Oklahoma quarter). Protec...
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Oklahoma designated the scissor-tailed flycatcher (Muscivora forficata) as the official state bird in 1951 (it is also featured on the Oklahoma quarter). Protected by law, the scissor-tailed flycatcher is of great economic value (its diet consists almost entirely of non-useful and harmful insect species such as grasshoppers, crickets, and beetles).
Oklahoma is the center of the nesting range of the scissor-tailed flycatcher, a strikingly beautiful and graceful bird (sometimes called swallow-tailed flycatcher). In late summer large flocks of up to 1,000 birds form prior to migration to their winter range in southern Mexico and Central America (with some in southern Florida).
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Oklahoma is the center of the nesting range of the scissor-tailed flycatcher, a strikingly beautiful and graceful bird (sometimes called swallow-tailed flycatcher). In late summer large flocks of up to 1,000 birds form prior to migration to their winter range in southern Mexico and Central America (with some in southern Florida).
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