Dickcissel
Spiza americana
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The dickcissel 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.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cardinalidae
- Genus
- Spiza