ADW: Tyrannus forficatus: INFORMATION

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migrates to and winters in Central America. The birds' wintering grounds can be anywhere within south Mexico through central Costa Rica and rarely into Panama as well as the southern tip of Florida.</p> <p audience="intermediate advanced">(Peterson, 1963; Rand, 1971; Regosin, 1998)</p> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate last"> <li class="keywords-header">Biogeographic Regions</li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020914235803">nearctic</a> <ul> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145365">native</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="hyphenate"> <h3 id="habitat">Habitat</h3> <p audience="intermediate advanced">BREEDING HABITAT:</p> <p audience="intermediate advanced">Breeds mainly in savannas that contain a few trees, shrubs and or brushes. But may also be found in agricultural and urban areas as well as pastures in their breeding time.</p> <p audience="intermediate advanced">SPRING & FALL MIGRATION:</p> <p audience="intermediate advanced">Sits on fence posts or bushes in open country of Texas and Oklahoma; prefers open grassland and areas with scattered trees.</p> <p audience="intermediate advanced">WINTER MIGRATION:</p> <p audience="intermediate advanced">Present in savannas, pastures, agricultural lands, urban areas and at the periphery of tropical forests.</p> <p audience="intermediate advanced">(Regosin, 1998; Rand, 1971)</p> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate "> <li class="keywords-header">Habitat Regions</li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145595">temperate</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145794">terrestrial</a> </li> </ul> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate last"> <li class="keywords-header">Other Habitat Features</li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145688">urban</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145386">suburban</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145700">agricultural</a> </li> </ul> <ul class="aside block-grid donthyphenate two-up"> <li> <dl> <dt>Range elevation</dt> <dd>1000 to 2300 m</dd> <dd class="english">3280.84 to 7545.93 ft</dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt>Average elevation</dt> <dd>1500 m</dd> <dd class="english">4921.26 ft</dd> </dl> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="hyphenate"> <h3 id="physical_description">Physical Description</h3> <p audience="intermediate advanced">Scissor-tailed flycatchers are slender, pale gray and black, with contrasting white tails and pink flanks; red patches are present just under the wings at the shoulders. The common name refers to the long rectrices that have a gap between them giving the appearance of scissors. Females are usually shorter than males and have shorter tails.</p> <p audience="intermediate advanced">(Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, no date; Peterson, 1963; Rand, 1971)</p> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate last"> <li class="keywords-header">Other Physical Features</li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020916130951">endothermic</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145642">bilateral symmetry</a> </li> </ul> <ul class="aside block-grid donthyphenate three-up"> <li> <dl> <dt>Range mass</dt> <dd>36 to 43 g</dd> <dd class="english">1.27 to 1.52 oz</dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt>Range length</dt> <dd>159 to 225 mm</dd> <dd class="english">6.26 to 8.86 in</dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt>Range wingspan</dt> <dd>111 to 125 mm</dd> <dd class="english">4.37 to 4.92 in</dd> </dl> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="hyphenate"> <h3 id="reproduction">Reproduction</h3> <p audience="intermediate advanced">These birds are socially monogamous. (Regosin, 1998)</p> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate last"> <li class="keywords-header">Mating System</li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145332">monogamous</a> </li> </ul> <p audience="intermediate advanced">As soon as birds arrive back on their breeding grounds in the United States, breeding pairs are formed. The female primarily builds the nest but the male may help in shaping the nest with his bill and or feet. There can be four to five eggs per clutch in a nest and up to two broods are produced per season. Nests are usually built in small trees or shrubs. The eggs are incubated for 12-14 days and the hatchlings require another 14 days before they can leave the nest. (Rand, 1971; Sutton, 1977)</p> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate last"> <li class="keywords-header">Key Reproductive Features</li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145554">iteroparous</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145584">seasonal breeding</a> </li> <li> <span>gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate)</span> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145786">sexual</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145546">fertilization</a> <ul> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145726">external</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145572">oviparous</a> </li> </ul> <ul class="aside block-grid donthyphenate three-up"> <li> <dl> <dt>Breeding season</dt> <dd>April to August</dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt>Range eggs per season</dt> <dd>3 to 6</dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt>Average time to hatching</dt> <dd>14 days</dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt>Average fledging age</dt> <dd>14 days</dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt>Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)</dt> <dd>1 years</dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt>Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)</dt> <dd>1 years</dd> </dl> </li> </ul> <p audience="intermediate advanced">The male assists in feeding the young. The young are altricial and are born naked except for some white down. (Regosin, 1998)</p> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate last"> <li class="keywords-header">Parental Investment</li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145328">altricial</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145507">male parental care</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145746">female parental care</a> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="hyphenate"> <h3 id="behavior">Behavior</h3> <p audience="intermediate advanced">They will occasionally walk, hop, or climb on the ground or on tree branches. In order for them to fly, they make rapid wing-beats with their long tail folded behind them. They will preen, head-scratch, stretch, bathe, sleep, roost, and sunbathe when it is appropriate for them to do so.</p> <p audience="intermediate advanced">They aggressively defend their territories against intrusions by conspecifics.</p> <p audience="intermediate advanced">(Regosin, 1998)</p> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate last"> <li class="keywords-header">Key Behaviors</li> <li> <span>flies</span> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145472">motile</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145313">migratory</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145597">territorial</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145492">social</a> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="hyphenate"> <h3 id="communication">Communication and Perception</h3> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate last"> <li class="keywords-header">Perception Channels</li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145694">visual</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145500">tactile</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145822">acoustic</a> </li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145606">chemical</a> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="hyphenate"> <h3 id="food_habits">Food Habits</h3> <p audience="advanced intermediate">Scissor-tailed flycatchers forage at heights ranging from the ground to 10 meters. They capture their prey by aerial hawking or gleaning during prey-specific flight forays. (Regosin, 1998)</p> <p audience="advanced intermediate">They eat mostly grasshoppers and beetles but have been known to eat bees, wasps, spiders, crickets, some fruits and berries as well. (Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, no date)</p> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate "> <li class="keywords-header">Primary Diet</li> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145419">carnivore</a> <ul> <li> <a class="gloss" href="#20020904145711">insectivore</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate "> <li class="keywords-header">Animal Foods</li> <li> <span>insects</span> </li> <li> <span>terrestrial non-insect arthropods</span> </li> </ul> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate last"> <li class="keywords-header">Plant Foods</li> <li> <span>fruit</span> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="hyphenate"> <h3 id="economic_importance_positive">Economic Importance for Humans: Positive</h3> <p audience="intermediate advanced">Their diet can consist largely of agricultural pests and therefore they are helpers in keeping the ecosystems around crops in better order. The long tail feathers have been used make peyote fans. Otherwise, the human utility of the bird is limited to the beauty of the bird witnessed in their skydances.</p> <p audience="intermediate advanced">(Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, no date)</p> <ul class="keywords donthyphenate last"> <li class="keywords-header">Positive Impacts</li> <li> <span>controls pest population</span> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="hyphenate"> <h3 id="conservation_status">Conservation Status</h3> <p audience="advanced intermediate">There is currently no conservation effort focused on this bird. Like other avian species, as long as it has adequate habitat - grasslands, open area, and agricultural lands - there is a chance it can survive with humans.</p> <ul class="aside block-grid donthyphenate three-up"> <li> <dl> <dt> <a class="external-link" href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/">IUCN Red List</a> </dt> <dd> <span>Least Concern</span> <br /> <small> <a class="external-link" href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/145344"> More information </a> </small> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt> <a class="external-link" href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/">IUCN Red List</a> </dt> <dd> <span>Least Concern</span> <br /> <small> <a class="external-link" href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/145344"> More information </a> </small> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt> <a class="external-link" href="http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/RegulationsPolicies/mbta/mbtintro.html">US Migratory Bird Act</a> </dt> <dd> <span>Protected</span> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt> <a class="external-link" href="http://www.fws.gov/endangered/">US Federal List</a> </dt> <dd> <span>No special status</span> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt> <a class="external-link" href="http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php">CITES</a> </dt> <dd> <span>No special status</span> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <dl> <dt> <a class="external-link" href="http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/data/specialanimals.cfm">State of Michigan List</a> </dt> <dd> <span>No special status</span> </dd> </dl> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="hyphenate"> <h3 id="comments">Other Comments</h3> <ol audience="intermediate advanced" class="arabic simple"> <li>Adopted state bird of Oklahoma in May 26, 1951 (Sutton, 1977).</li> <li>Previously known as <em>Muscivora forficata</em> (Rand, 1971; Peterson 1963).</li> </ol> </section> <section class="hyphenate"> <h3 id="contributors">Contributors</h3> <p>Alesha Williams (author), University of Arizona, Jay Taylor (editor), University of Arizona. </p> </section> <section class="offscreen"> <h3 id="glossary">Glossary</h3> <div id="20020914235803"> <dl> <dt>Nearctic</dt> <dd> <p>living in the Nearctic biogeographic province, the northern part of the New World. This includes Greenland, the Canadian Arctic islands, and all of the North American as far south as the highlands of central Mexico.</p> <p align="center"> <img alt="World Map" src="/images/worldmap.2001.jpg" /> </p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145822"> <dl> <dt>acoustic</dt> <dd> <p>uses sound to communicate</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145700"> <dl> <dt>agricultural</dt> <dd> <p>living in landscapes dominated by human agriculture.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145328"> <dl> <dt>altricial</dt> <dd> <p>young are born in a relatively underdeveloped state; they are unable to feed or care for themselves or locomote independently for a period of time after birth/hatching. In birds, naked and helpless after hatching.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145642"> <dl> <dt>bilateral symmetry</dt> <dd> <p>having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145419"> <dl> <dt>carnivore</dt> <dd> <p>an animal that mainly eats meat</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145606"> <dl> <dt>chemical</dt> <dd> <p>uses smells or other chemicals to communicate</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020916130951"> <dl> <dt>endothermic</dt> <dd> <p>animals that use metabolically generated heat to regulate body temperature independently of ambient temperature. Endothermy is a synapomorphy of the Mammalia, although it may have arisen in a (now extinct) synapsid ancestor; the fossil record does not distinguish these possibilities. Convergent in birds.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145726"> <dl> <dt>external fertilization</dt> <dd> <p>fertilization takes place outside the female's body</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145746"> <dl> <dt>female parental care</dt> <dd> <p>parental care is carried out by females</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145546"> <dl> <dt>fertilization</dt> <dd> <p>union of egg and spermatozoan</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145711"> <dl> <dt>insectivore</dt> <dd> <p>An animal that eats mainly insects or spiders.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145554"> <dl> <dt>iteroparous</dt> <dd> <p>offspring are produced in more than one group (litters, clutches, etc.) and across multiple seasons (or other periods hospitable to reproduction). Iteroparous animals must, by definition, survive over multiple seasons (or periodic condition changes).</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145507"> <dl> <dt>male parental care</dt> <dd> <p>parental care is carried out by males</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145313"> <dl> <dt>migratory</dt> <dd> <p>makes seasonal movements between breeding and wintering grounds</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145332"> <dl> <dt>monogamous</dt> <dd> <p>Having one mate at a time.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145472"> <dl> <dt>motile</dt> <dd> <p>having the capacity to move from one place to another.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145365"> <dl> <dt>native range</dt> <dd> <p>the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145572"> <dl> <dt>oviparous</dt> <dd> <p>reproduction in which eggs are released by the female; development of offspring occurs outside the mother's body.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145584"> <dl> <dt>seasonal breeding</dt> <dd> <p>breeding is confined to a particular season</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145786"> <dl> <dt>sexual</dt> <dd> <p>reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145492"> <dl> <dt>social</dt> <dd> <p>associates with others of its species; forms social groups.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145386"> <dl> <dt>suburban</dt> <dd> <p>living in residential areas on the outskirts of large cities or towns.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145500"> <dl> <dt>tactile</dt> <dd> <p>uses touch to communicate</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145595"> <dl> <dt>temperate</dt> <dd> <p>that region of the Earth between 23.5 degrees North and 60 degrees North (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle) and between 23.5 degrees South and 60 degrees South (between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle).</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145794"> <dl> <dt>terrestrial</dt> <dd> <p>Living on the ground.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145597"> <dl> <dt>territorial</dt> <dd> <p>defends an area within the home range, occupied by a single animals or group of animals of the same species and held through overt defense, display, or advertisement</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145688"> <dl> <dt>urban</dt> <dd> <p>living in cities and large towns, landscapes dominated by human structures and activity.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <div id="20020904145694"> <dl> <dt>visual</dt> <dd> <p>uses sight to communicate</p> </dd> </dl> </div> </section> <section class="hyphenate"> <h3 id="references">References</h3> <p id="46b83bcac72db7d2afa5a13fd9af4198">Oklahoma Department of, W. No date.. "Oklahoma's Tropical Ambassador -- The scissor-tailed flycatcher" (On-line). Accessed April 4, 2002 at <tt><a href="http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/okscisso/okscisso.htm">http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/okscisso/okscisso.htm</a></tt>. </p> <p id="ff8482320c35ed6f97e0a7b5b34bdcbe">Peterson, R. 1963. <span style="font-style: italic">A Field Guide to the Birds: Giving field Marks of all Species Found East of the Rockies</span>. Boston: Riverside Press Cambridge. </p> <p id="f6758e5a21822349fdcc928e282d74ee">Rand, A. 1971. <span style="font-style: italic">Birds of North America</span>. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. </p> <p id="8800d553155d16a6c4ceafce0fa72685">Regosin, J. 1998. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. <span style="font-style: italic">Birds of North America</span>, 342: 1-20. </p> <p id="718a7121f0d42303ec594f2ff6fada22">Sutton, G. 1977. <span style="font-style: italic">Fifty Common Birds of Oklahoma and the Southern Great Plains</span>. Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. </p> <p id="b9415b3b4f9b0305cf51153410d6cb20">Wood, D., G. Schnell. 1984. <span style="font-style: italic">Distribution of Oklahoma Birds</span>. 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