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title: "Zwaluwstaartkoningstiran"
description: "Tyrannus forficatus — Vogels. The scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), known as swallow-tailed flycatcher or scissorstail, is a long-tailed insectivorous bird of the genus Tyrannus, whose members are collectively referred to as kingbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/scissor-tailed-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zwaluwstaartkoningstiran

> Tyrannus forficatus — Vogels. The scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), known as swallow-tailed flycatcher or scissorstail, is a long-tailed insectivorous bird of the genus Tyrannus, whose members are collectively referred to as kingbirds.

- Scientific name: *Tyrannus forficatus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 30869
- Wikidata: [Q1189983](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1189983)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16783](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16783)

## Names

- en: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- de: Scherenschwanz-Königstyrann
- es: Tirano tijereta rosado
- fr: Tyran à longue queue
- nl: Zwaluwstaartkoningstiran
- pl: Tyran różany

## Countries with the most observations

US (26446), MX (2307), CR (358), SV (237), CA (190), NI (142), HN (129), BZ (45), GT (36), PA (17), CU (10), PE (7)

## Summary

The scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), known as swallow-tailed flycatcher or scissorstail, is a long-tailed insectivorous bird of the genus Tyrannus, whose members are collectively referred to as kingbirds. It is found in North and Central America, and is Oklahoma's State Bird.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor-tailed_flycatcher

## Photo

![Zwaluwstaartkoningstiran](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scissor-tailed-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vicki Miller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241792185

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/scissor-tailed-flycatcher?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).