DICKCISSEL


Meaning of DICKCISSEL in English

n.

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 .

Dickcissel ( Spiza americana )

Thase Daniel

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