a bunting (Spiza americana) with a black throat and yellow breast, living in prairie regions of Canada and the U.S. and migrating to N South America
See dickcissel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(dĭk-sĭsˈəl, dĭkˈsĭsˌ-)
noun
A sparrowlike bird (Spiza americana) native to southern Ontario and the central United States, of which the male has a yellow breast marked with a small black bib on the throat.