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dickcissel /dɪkˈsɪs(ə)l / /ˈdɪksɪs(ə)l/nounA sparrow-like North American songbird related to the cardinals, with a black-and-white throat and bright yellow breast.- Spiza americana, family Emberizidae (subfamily Cardinalinae).
Grasslands and prairies support a number of polygynous species as well, including meadowlarks, bobolinks, dickcissels, lark buntings, and great-tailed grackles....- He's set up a network of 15 computerized monitoring stations that listen for dickcissels in flight.
- Henslow's sparrows were present in five of the six tracts and dickcissels present in all six.
OriginLate 19th century: imitative of its call. |