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Definition of Muscivora-forficata
1. Noun. Grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings.
Generic synonyms: Flycatcher, New World Flycatcher, Tyrant Bird, Tyrant Flycatcher
Group relationships: Genus Muscivora, Muscivora
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muscivora-forficata
Literary usage of Muscivora-forficata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"(Southwestern United States to Panama.) Muscivora forficata (p ... 718) MUSCIVORA
FORFICATA (Gmelin). SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER. Adult male. ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Muscivora forficata (Gmd.). SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER. Adult male : Tail forked,
white, tipped with black ; body ash gray, whiter on throat; wings blackish ..."
3. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Muscivora forficata (Gmel.). (443) There seems to be no record of this species
for Michigan. Train's Flycatcher. ..."
4. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"RANGE.— Southern Mexico to northern Patagonia; accidental in Mississippi, Kentucky,
New Jersey, Maine, arid Bermuda.] Muscivora forficata (GMELIN). ..."
5. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"Muscivora forficata. Range.—Mexico, north through Texas to southern Kansas;
accidental in other parts of the country. The Scissor-tail or "Texan Bird of ..."
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