Editing Dickcissel (section)

==Description==
[[File:Dickcissel.jpg|thumb|right|Male in nonbreeding plumage - [[Maywood, Illinois]]]]
Their length is {{cvt|5.5|-|6.3|in}}, wingspan is {{cvt|9.8|-|10.2|in}}, and weight is{{cvt|0.9|-|1.4|oz}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dickcissel Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology|url=https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Dickcissel/id|access-date=2020-09-30|website=www.allaboutbirds.org|language=en}}</ref> Dickcissels have a large, pale [[beak|bill]], a yellow line over the eyes, brownish upperparts with black streaks on the back, dark wings, a rust patch on the shoulders, and light underparts. Adult males have a black throat patch, a yellow breast, and grey cheeks and crown. This head and breast pattern is especially brilliant in the breeding plumage, making it resemble an [[eastern meadowlark]]. Females and juveniles are brownish on the cheeks and crown, and are somewhat similar in appearance to [[house sparrow]]s; they have streaked flanks.

In flight, they make a low, "electric", buzzing ''fpppt''. From an open perch in a field, this bird's song is a sharp ''dick dick'' followed by a buzzed ''cissel'', also transcribed as ''skee-dlees chis chis chis'' or ''dick dick ciss ciss ciss''.<ref name=Sibley2000/>