Dickcissel
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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).
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Dickcissel | |
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Male in breeding plumage | |
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Scientific 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) | |
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Synonyms | |
Emberiza townsendi |
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