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scissortail

n. gray flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings [syn: scissortailed flycatcher, Muscivora-forficata]

Usage examples of "scissortail".

The Scissortail nodded, turned and marched noiselessly across the room, exiting through a distant door.

The Scissortail retained his ritual one-footed pose-still as a figure of ice.

The Magpie gathered that the Scissortail was observing the rite of silence.