Dickcissel

Dickcissel
Male in breeding plumage
Female
Song
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Spiza
Bonaparte, 1824
Species:
S. americana
Binomial name
Spiza americana
(Gmelin, 1789)
  Breeding
  Breeding (scarce)
  Migration
  Nonbreeding
  Nonbreeding (scarce)
Synonyms

Emberiza townsendi
Emberiza townsendii (lapsus)
Spiza townsendi
Spiza townsendii (lapsus)
(see text)

The dickcissel (Spiza americana) is a small seed-eating migratory bird in the family Cardinalidae. It breeds on the prairie grasslands of the Midwestern United States and winters in Central America, northern Colombia, and northern Venezuela. It is the only member of the genus Spiza, though some sources list another supposedly extinct species (see below).

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Spiza americana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22723796A94833705. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723796A94833705.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.