Dickcissel
(Spiza americana)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B - Secure Breeding SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed Species in Greatest Conservation Need |
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Description |
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Size |
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6″ to 7″ in length |
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Habitat |
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Abandoned fields, weedy meadows, croplands, grasslands, grassy roadsides |
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Ecology |
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Distribution |
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Irruptive, abundant to rare migrant and breeder |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Passeriformes (perching birds) | ||
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Cardinalidae (cardinals and allies) | ||
Genus |
Spiza (dickcissels) | ||
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| Dickcissel Allen Chartier |
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| Dickcissel Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren |
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| Dickcissel JMC Nature Photos |
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| Dickcissel Craig A. Mullenbach |
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Other Videos |
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| Dickcissel Singing Janelle Streed |
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Published on Sep 24, 2012 A male Dickcissel or Spiza americana singing his heart out for a female |
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| Dickcissel Janelle Streed |
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Published on Sep 24, 2012 A lone, male Dickcissel or Spiza americana singing on a telephone line 06-20-12 |
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| Dickcissel The Music of Nature |
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Uploaded on Jul 22, 2010 This video portrait is constructed from clips gathered in early May of 2010 at the Bradford Farm Experimental Farm near Columbia, Missouri. Dickcissels were everywhere, literally dripping off the © 2010 Lang Elliott |
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| Dickcissel at Spring Green Preserve Mike McDowell |
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2009 Dickcissel singing at Spring Green Preserve in June. |
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| Dickcissel 6-11-08 The Basicbill Channel |
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Uploaded on Jun 11, 2008 Taken at the Dick Young Nelson Lake Forest Preserve Prairie area west of Batavia, IL |
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