What is "dickcissel"

Dickcissel \Dick*cis"sel\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The American black-throated bunting ( Spiza Americana).

n. The American black-throated bunting (''Spiza americana'').

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 the Emberizidae; females especially resemble American sparrows in plumage.