Dickcissel
Spiza americana
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 11,468
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Dickcissel”.