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Dickcissel
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Dickcissel

Spiza americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishDickcissel
DutchDickcissel
SpanishArrocero americano
Chinese美洲雀
Scientific nameSpiza americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyCardinalidae
GenusSpiza

In Suriname

4Records in Suriname
2022First record
2023Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo3
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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