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

Marie Read / Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) calling and displaying with wings and tail outspread, Wichita Mountains National Wildlife refuge, Oklahoma, USA, May

Rolf Nussbaumer / Scissor tailed flycatcher, female {Tyrannus forficatus} Texas, USA

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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