Dickcissel (Spiza americana)

Temple, Stanley A.

- Dickcissel — © Michael Brown

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Dickcissel Spiza americana

LC Least Concern

Names (27)

Language	Common name
Czech	papežík americký
Danish	Dickcissel
Dutch	Dickcissel
English, United States	Dickcissel
French	Dickcissel d'Amérique
German	Rotschulterkardinal
Hungarian	Préripinty
Icelandic	Skjaldtittlingur
Japanese	ムナグロノジコ
Lithuanian	Amerikinė starta
Norwegian	sisselspurv
Polish	łuszczyk czarnogardły
Portuguese, Brazil	papa-capim-americano
Portuguese, Portugal	Papa-capim-americano
Serbian	Diksizel
Slovak	pápežík čiernohrdlý
Spanish	Arrocero
Spanish, Costa Rica	Sabanero Arrocero
Spanish, Cuba	Gorrión de pecho amarillo
Spanish, Ecuador	Llanero
Spanish, Mexico	Arrocero Americano
Spanish, Panama	Sabanero Americano
Spanish, Puerto Rico	Sabanero Americano
Spanish, Spain	Arrocero
Spanish, Venezuela	Pájaro Arrocero
Swedish	dickcissel
Turkish	Sarılı çinte

Monotypic

Stanley A. Temple
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002

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Introduction
Appearance
- Identification
- Molts
- Bare Parts
- Measurements
Systematics
- Geographic Variation
- Subspecies
- Related Species
- Fossil History
Distribution
- Historical Changes to the Distribution
Habitat
- Habitat in Breeding Range
- Habitat in Nonbreeding Range
Movements and Migration
- Migration Overview
- Timing and Routes of Migration
- Migratory Behavior
- Control and Physiology of Migration
Diet and Foraging
- Feeding
- Diet
- Food Selection and Storage
- Nutrition and Energetics
- Metabolism and Temperature Regulation
- Drinking, Pellet-Casting, and Defecation
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
- Vocalizations
- Nonvocal Sounds
Behavior
- Locomotion
- Self-Maintenance
- Agonistic Behavior
- Spacing
- Sexual Behavior
- Social and Interspecific Behavior
- Predation
Breeding
- Phenology
- Nest Site
- Nest
- Eggs
- Incubation
- Hatching
- Young Birds
- Parental Care
- Cooperative Breeding
- Brood Parasitism
- Fledgling Stage
- Immature Stage
Demography and Populations
- Measures of Breeding Activity
- Life Span and Survivorship
- Disease and Body Parasites
- Causes of Mortality
- Population Spatial Metrics
- Population Status
- Population Regulation
Conservation and Management
- Effects of Human Activity
- Management
Priorities for Future Research
Acknowledgments
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Recommended Citation

Temple, S. A. (2020). Dickcissel (Spiza americana), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.dickci.01