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Found mostly in Mexico and south through Argentina, this bird is known for its exceptionally long tail, which is forked and as much as three times as long as the bird’s body.
A fork-tailed flycatcher is gobbling up grasshoppers, perching on a powerline and attracting avid bird-watchers to Desha County. Birders are flocking there to see this rare bird, which has been ...
The striking scissor-tailed flycatcher is an icon of Oklahoma and beyond. Learn about their nests, diet and more.
Meet the protector of the northshore’s elegant, fork-tailed, bug-eating hawk Jennifer Coulson, the president of the Orleans Audubon Society, has been monitoring the bird’s population for the ...
History seems to be repeating itself, albeit with an even more spectacular raptor, the swallow-tailed kite. The first modern record of this fork-tailed beauty was in 1975, in Sandusky County.
Fork-tailed drongos, belligerent birds from sub-Saharan Africa, lay eggs with a staggering diversity of colours and patterns. All these colours and patterns are forged by the African cuckoo.
Fork-tailed drongos, belligerent birds from sub-Saharan Africa, lay eggs with a staggering diversity of colours and patterns. All these colours and patterns are forged by the African cuckoo.
The scissor-tailed flycatcher was spotted flying around the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory last week. It was the first local sighting of the bird in over 30 years.
Scissor-tailed flycatchers breed in grasslands and prairies of the Midwest. Known as the state bird to Oklahoma, here in Texas they are sometimes called the Texas Bird of Paradise.
Birding is big business — from hobbies and passions to retail and education — and the Roaring Fork Valley is nested with niche aviary activity. So spring here is not only about blooms and blossoms, ...
In a remote corner of Zambia, an arms race is being fought — and the loser could face the threat of extinction. The arms race is over the eggs of the fork-tailed drongo, a common bird species ...