Bird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus forficatus

A summer resident that nests in Louisiana. Found in 30 of 64 parishes, across 2 habitats.

Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: 30 of 64 parishes
Habitats: 2

Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Peter Chen 2.0, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 199200349. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: 30 of 64 parishes
Habitats: 2
Habitat models: Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Louisiana 2

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 2

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

SummerWest Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie; Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Other habitats in its models (30)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana. Those recorded in Louisiana first, the rest by region.

In Louisiana 1

West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer.

Elsewhere in the South (9)

Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer.
Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Summer.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer.
Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Summer.

Midwest (4)

Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer.
Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer.

Land cover and other classes (16)

Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer.
Developed, Low Intensity Summer.
Developed, Medium Intensity Summer.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer.
Recently Burned Summer.
Recently Burned Forest Summer.
Recently Burned Grassland Summer.
Recently Logged Areas Summer.
South Texas Sand Sheet Grassland Summer.
Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Summer.
Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Summer.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

Summer: nests here, in 30 of 64 parishes.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Louisiana, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.