The Dickcissel is a chunky grassland bird. Breeding males have a black V on the yellow chest; flocks can grow large during migration and winter.
Breeding males have a yellow chest with a black V and rusty shoulders. Females are duller and lack the chest V.
It plucks seeds from stalks or shrubs and also searches on the ground. It may form large flocks during migration and winter.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.