From: ouriel@angel.com (Ouriel)
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: New Scans Day 7 - Ds-Oiseau 075.jpg
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 14:44:45 GMT


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From: bthomas@ix.netcom.com
Date: Thu Jul 15 13:59:44 KST 1999
File: Ds-Oiseau_075-Bird.jpg

This is a Dickcissel - Spiza americana.


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From: Perigrine@aol.com
Date: Sat Jul 17 30:39:08 KST 1999
File To Comment: New/Ds-Oiseau_075-Bird.jpg

This bird is known as a Dickcissel (Spiza americana).
It is common to the midwest u.s. and is found in meadows and grasslands.

Ed O'Brien


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From: gyr430@aol.com
Date: Mon Jul 19 12:31:08 KST 1999
File To Comment: New/Ds-Oiseau_075-Bird.jpg

looks like a dickcissel



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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. The male dickcissel’s song has been described as a sharp “dick” followed by a buzzed “cissel”. The scientific name of the species, Spiza americana, translates to “American finch”. The dickcissel is the only member of the genus Spiza, though some sources list another supposedly extinct species.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Spiza Bonaparte, 1824
Species: Spiza americana (Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms
- Emberiza townsendi
- Emberiza townsendii (lapsus)
- Spiza townsendi
- Spiza townsendii (lapsus)