Also called scis⋅sor⋅tailed fly⋅catcher /ˈsɪzərˌteɪld/Show Spelled Pronunciation[siz-er-teyld]Show IPA.a flycatcher, Muscivora forficatus, of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America, having a long, deeply forked tail.
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any of various other birds having a long, forked tail.
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 [syn: scissortail]