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Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
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American passerine (Spiza americana, family Fringillidae) bird that eats seeds and breeds in weedy fields of the central U.S. Most dickcissels winter in northern South America, but some stray to the Atlantic coast. The male, for whose song the species is named, is a streaky brown bird 6.5 in. (16 cm) long, with a black bib on its yellow breast, resembling a miniature meadowlark.
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Species of concern, such as the greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus benslowii), dickcissel (Spiza americana), regal fritillary butterfly (Speyeria idalia), and prairie mole cricket (Gryllotalpa major) also reside on post.
Fort Riley's prairie partnership by Hynek, Alan / Endangered Species Update
Among the many species named for their vocalizations are the boobook owl, chachalaca, chickadee, chiffchaff, chowchilla, curlew, dickcissel, hoopoe, kiskadee, pauraque, pipit, towhee, veery, whip-poor-will, willet, and wompoo pigeon.
Translating the language of birds by Young William / Verbatim
melanocephalus (Swainson), I R black-headed grosbeak Spiza americana (Gmelin), I O dickcissel Family Icteridae (icterines) Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus), I A red-winged blackbird Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus), I O bobolink Euphagus carolinus (Muller), rusty I R blackbird E.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana by Minton, Sherman A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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