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Dickcissel
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 (see below). Taxonomy The dickcissel was formally described in 1789 by German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin under the binomial name ''Emberiza americana''. Gmelin based his description on Thomas Pennant's "black throated bunting" which Pennant had described and illustrated in 1785 in his ''Arctic Zoology''. The dickcissel is the only species placed in the genus ''Spiza'' that was introduced in 1824 by French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The genus name ''Spiza'' is the Ancient Greek word for a common type of finch, now assumed to be a chaffinch. The species is monotypic; no subspecies are recognised. The dickcissel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiza Townsendi
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 (see below). Taxonomy The dickcissel was formally described in 1789 by German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin under the binomial name ''Emberiza americana''. Gmelin based his description on Thomas Pennant's "black throated bunting" which Pennant had described and illustrated in 1785 in his ''Arctic Zoology''. The dickcissel is the only species placed in the genus ''Spiza'' that was introduced in 1824 by French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The genus name ''Spiza'' is the Ancient Greek word for a common type of finch, now assumed to be a chaffinch. The species is monotypic; no subspecies are recognised. The dickcissel i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
