1. 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
   "The scissortail's elegant forked tail streamed behind it as it flew";
   - scissor-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus forficatus, scissorstail

Derived forms: scissortails

Type of: flycatcher, New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher

Part of: genus Tyrannus, Tyrannus