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Tyrannus forficatus
Photo take at my backyard , this is the very first time i ever seen this bird i have no idea of what it is, it has a very long tail, catching insects from a very tall tree around 50 cm long whit the tail. i have no chance to see the colors but it has a white wings and dark chest.Scissor-tailed Flycatchers are slender, stout-billed kingbirds with very long, stiff, deeply forked tails. Males have longer tail feathers than females and immatures.These are pale gray birds with blackish wings and black tails with white edges. Adults have salmon-pink flanks that extend to underwing patches that are very conspicuous in flight. Males are more intensely colored than females.
On a open area in the jungle forest. Scissor-tailed Flycatchers breed in open habitats in the southern Great Plains and south Texas, especially around scattered trees or utility lines. They tolerate human presence well and frequently breed in towns.
Beautiful, Gerardo. I know Tyrannus forficatus has not a dark chest, but when I looked around for similar species, I could not find anything, and the underside matches pretty well. Is there a possibility the lighting made the bread look differently colored?