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Dickcissel

Spiza americana

A summer resident that nests in Virginia. Found in 130 of 133 counties and cities, across 2 habitats.

Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
130 of 133 counties and cities
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
130 of 133 counties and cities
Habitats
2
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Virginia 2

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 2

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (24)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Virginia.

  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer.
  • South Texas Sand Sheet Grassland Summer.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • South Texas Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Recently Logged Areas Summer.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer.
  • Recently Burned Summer.
  • Recently Burned Forest Summer.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Virginia

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 18 of 133 counties and cities.
  • Summer: nests here, in 122 of 133 counties and cities.

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 225

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Virginia. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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