(Inside Science) -- The fork-tailed flycatcher whistles with its wings in two different accents, potentially more evidence this bird is splitting into two species, a new study finds. Birds are known ...

The striking scissor-tailed flycatcher is our only regular “long-tailed kingbird.” It is not only graceful and beautiful, but also common and easy to observe. Monotypic. Length 10–14.8". Adult: medium ...

Spending a weekend or an afternoon hiking and birdwatching can be wonderfully relaxing and fun, but when you’re short on time, it doesn’t have to mean you’re out of options. Power lines, while not the ...

If you pass by a fenced pasture with scattered trees and shrubs on a summer day, you may see a slender, light gray bird with dark wings perched on the fence or a telephone line. Suddenly, the bird ...

You may not think of grassland when you think of Alabama. But you’d be wrong: Alabama is home to prairie habitat, and along with it, some of its customary birds, like this one - the Scissor-tailed ...

Birds can chirp, birds can fly and now scientists have new evidence that birds can communicate with each other using sound made with their feathers. A species called the fork-tailed flycatcher, or ...

Scissor-tailed flycatchers rank among the most elegant and easily recognizable songbirds in Arkansas and all of North America. With extremely long tails and peachy-rose breast color that peeks out ...

While we marvel at the hordes of migratory ruby-throated hummingbirds arriving in our gardens, we may overlook squadrons of migratory scissor-tailed flycatchers amassing around town before they head ...

Late April saw the arrival of Western and Eastern Kingbirds, and lots of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. They are large enough to be noticed, and like to perch in the open quite often, looking for insects ...

In May, there were reports of a scissor-tailed flycatcher at Long Beach in the Tofino area, followed by similar reports from Port Hardy two weeks ago. News of a rare species being spotted can bring ...

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 ...