Emberiza townsendii (lapsus) Spiza townsendi Spiza townsendii (lapsus) The dickcissel (Spiza americana) is a small American seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is the only member of the genus Spiza, though some sources list another supposedly extinct species (see below). In older works, it is often placed with the American sparrows in ...
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• (n.) The American black-throated bunting (Spiza Americana).
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American bird usually placed in the subfamily Cardinalinae of the family Fringillidae (the Emberizidae of some authors). The male dickcissel—named ...
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Dick·cis'sel noun (Zoology) The American black-throated bunting (
Spiza Americana ).
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a bunting, Spiza americana, of the eastern and central U.S., having a brownish back streaked with black and a yellowish breast and in the male a black patch on the throat.
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