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Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
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BirdsIn Ohio

Dickcissel

Spiza americana (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cardinalidae
Genus
Spiza
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Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Its mapped range covers 81. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (7)
  • Within its mapped range (43)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (37)
  • Recorded, season not shown (0)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
Dickcissel by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecordsIn mapped range
Adams CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Ashland CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Ashtabula CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Athens CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Butler CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Champaign CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Clark CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Clermont CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Clinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Columbiana CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Cuyahoga CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Erie CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Fairfield CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Franklin CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Gallia CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Geauga CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Greene CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Hamilton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Hocking CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Knox CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Lake CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Licking CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Logan CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Lucas County23 · Season shownYes: summer
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Mahoning CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Medina CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Meigs CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Mercer CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Miami CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Montgomery CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Morgan CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Morrow CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Muskingum CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Portage CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Ross CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Sandusky CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Scioto CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Stark CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Summit CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Trumbull CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Union CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Vinton CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Warren CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: summer
Washington CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Williams CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Wood CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer
Wyandot CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: summer

Season

When it is recorded

In Ohio

Not enough evidence

The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season. Based on 239 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 239 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Dickcissel in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of DickcisselYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10006,211
Jan 11–17115,146
Jan 18–24004,645
Jan 25–31004,698
Feb 1–7116,023
Feb 8–14005,888
Feb 15–21005,436
Feb 22–28006,846
Mar 1–7008,321
Mar 8–140010,384
Mar 15–210012,620
Mar 22–280013,949
Mar 29 – Apr 40019,661
Apr 5–110026,860
Apr 12–180039,925
Apr 19–250041,623
Apr 26 – May 20056,391
May 3–90052,952
May 10–163353,785
May 17–237457,698
May 24–3010754,651
May 31 – Jun 68753,099
Jun 7–1313653,700
Jun 14–2023756,625
Jun 21–27391055,361
Jun 28 – Jul 4451058,477
Jul 5–1120961,336
Jul 12–1830764,722
Jul 19–2514469,753
Jul 26 – Aug 13359,416
Aug 2–86559,712
Aug 9–151155,994
Aug 16–221154,328
Aug 23–291151,772
Aug 30 – Sep 50057,167
Sep 6–123259,075
Sep 13–192154,543
Sep 20–263245,860
Sep 27 – Oct 31143,180
Oct 4–100037,841
Oct 11–171130,824
Oct 18–240021,156
Oct 25–312119,021
Nov 1–70014,172
Nov 8–140012,621
Nov 15–21007,965
Nov 22–28118,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5006,083
Dec 6–12006,004
Dec 13–19005,423
Dec 20–26005,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2008,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus13 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus13 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea10 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus10 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Months not reported

  1. Jan: recorded
  2. Feb: recorded
  3. Mar: no record
  4. Apr: no record
  5. May: recorded
  6. Jun: recorded
  7. Jul: recorded
  8. Aug: recorded
  9. Sep: recorded
  10. Oct: recorded
  11. Nov: recorded
  12. Dec: no record

Not reported in Ohio in March to April and December, 2016 to 2025.

Time of day it is recorded

midnight6 amnoon6 pm

From 221 Ohio records with a time. Most records are made when people are outside, so night and early-morning species are under-recorded.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Farmland48%11%
Developed40%49%
Barren5%0.6%
Grassland and shrub5%0.9%
Forest2%31%

From 62 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
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Records behind the Ohio result

239 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.