Claudio Contreras / Scissor-tailed flycatchers (Tyrannus forficatus) fighting for perch on tree snag, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Gerrit Vyn / Scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) in breeding plumage. Mustang Island, Texas, USA. March.

Dong Lei / Asian paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) male perched, Shanyang town, Gutian County, Hubei province, China.

Dong Lei / Asian paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) male on nest, Shanyang town, Gutian County, Hubei province, China.

Dong Lei / Asian paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) perched, Shanyang town, Gutian County, Hubei province, China.

Sandesh Kadur / Asian paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) calling from branch. Ranthambore National Park, India.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / African paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) Oman, February

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / African paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) on branch, Oman, December

Alan Murphy / Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), Texas

Jalil El Harrar / Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), Puntarenas City, Costa Rica

Aflo / Japanese Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata) perched on branch, Gifu prefecture, Japan, June.

Alan Murphy / Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) male, Texas