Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae (Tirànids)
- GenusTyrannus (Kingbirds)
- SpeciesTyrannus forficatus (Scissor-tailed Flycatcher)
Closest Relatives at Death Valley National Park
Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalis
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Cassin's Kingbird
Tyrannus vociferans
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Say's Phoebe
Sayornis saya
Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Myiarchus cinerascens
Vermilion Flycatcher
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Western Wood-Pewee
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher
Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher
Empidonax oberholseri
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Death Valley National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there