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This flycatcher builds a shallow cup nest 1–10 m (3.3–32.8 ft) high in a shrub or short tree. Females normally lay two or three eggs. The fork-tailed flycatcher is white below, gray above, and has a black cap. Males sometimes show a yellow crown stripe. Males also have an extremely long forked tail, of even greater length than that of their cousin, the scissor-tailed flycatcher. Females have a somewhat shorter tail, while it is significantly shorter in juveniles. Males are 37–41 cm (15–16 in) in length females, 28–30 cm (11–12 in), including tail. They weigh only 28–32 g (0.99–1.13 oz), much less than closely related kingbirds, which are half the total length of this species. The tail in adult males is 2–3 times longer than the length of the bird from the bill to the base of the tail. Learn more about Fork-Tailed Flycatcher
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Animalia: Chordata: Passeriformes: Aves: Tyrannidae: Tyrannus savana