Bobolink

Adults are 16–18 cm long with short finch-like bills. Adult males are mostly black, although they do display creamy napes, and white scapulars, lower backs and rumps. Adult females are mostly light brown, although their coloring includes black streaks on the back and flanks, and dark stripes on the head; their wings and tails are darker. The collective name for a group of bobolinks is a chain.

The Bobolink is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, is a small New World blackbird and the only member of genus Dolichonyx. Adults are 16–18 cm (6–8 in) long with short finch-like bills. Adult males are mostly black, although they do display creamy napes, and white scapulars, lower backs and rumps. Adult females are mostly light brown, although their coloring includes black streaks on the back and flanks, and dark stripes on the head; their wings and tails are darker. More

Bobolinks winter in South America; in Jamaica they are called butter birds. In the north they are insectivorous, but they may feed on rice crops during migration in the south. They have been known to gorge themselves in the eastern wild rice marshes and in cultivated fields in South Carolina and Georgia, becoming so fat that they used to be hunted as game birds. More

A distinctive bird of open grasslands, the Bobolink is the only American bird that is black underneath and white on the back. This coloring makes the male stand out while he is performing his displays. After breeding he changes into a drab, camouflaged plumage to spend the rest of the year. More

Argentina, the bobolink migrates at least 5,000 miles each way. The vast distance is more impressive in relation to the bobolink More

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Bobolink is a plump medium-sized bird, with a relatively short tail showing pointed tips on rectrices, and with a prominent conical bill. This species is related to blackbirds and orioles. It is the only American species with black underparts and white patches on back. Male in breeding plumage is black with creamy-buff nape and conspicuous white scapulars and rump patch, from back to uppertail coverts. Wings are pointed, and tail feathers have spiked tips. More

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bobolink (bob'ulingk") , common name in the N United States and Canada for an American songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, related to the blackbird and the oriole, belonging to the family Icteridae. In spring the plumage of the male is black except for the white shoulders and lower back and the buff nape. After the breeding season the male assumes yellowish, brown-streaked plumage like that of the female, and his former voluble singing is reduced to a single call note. More

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USS Bobolink (AM-20/AT-131/ATO-131) was an Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Bobolink was launched on 15 June 1918 by Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, in Baltimore, Maryland; sponsored by Miss Elsie Jean Willis; and commissioned 28 January 1919, with Lieutenant Frank Bruce in command. More

The breeding population of the Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryziorus) is considered to threatened in New Jersey. We are working to help manage and restore grasslands for Bobolinks and other grassland dependent birds. - Image of A female Bobolink.A female Bobolink. © Jim Gilbert The first time a bobolink was pointed out to me, I was slogging through a soupy muck in Sussex County– it was late May– everything was fresh and leafy green. More

The Bobolink is a member of the blackbird family, but with a more sparrow-like bill than other blackbirds. The birds of the family Icteridae are dichromatic, meaning the male and the female look very different. During breeding, the male Bobolink has a prominent yellow on the back of his head, white scapulars, lower back and rump. The bobolink is special in this because he is the only songbird who is solid black below and largely white above. More

Bobolink: Small, lark-like blackbird, all-black except for buff nape, white rump, and white wing patches. Female is pale yellow with brown streaks and dark crown stripes. Winter adult is similar to female but with stronger yellow hue. Range and Habitat Bobolink: Breeds from southern British Columbia across southern Canada to Nova Scotia and south to eastern Oregon, central Colorado, central Illinois, western Virginia, and western North Carolina. Spends winters in southern South America. More

Home Guide to Birds of North America Bobolink Description Description - BREEDING MALE - The Bobolink is strongly sexually dimorphic in the breeding season, with a black crown being the only notable plumage similarity between the sexes. Males have an unusual reverse pattern of being paler above than below. They have a black crown, face, and underparts, a yellow nape, and a white rump and scapulars. More

(2), the adult male bobolink’s white upperparts and black breast have earned it the alternative name “skunk blackbird” (3). This dark-below, white-above plumage pattern is only exhibited by the male during the breeding season, and is unique among North American songbirds. Other distinctive features of the male’s appearance during breeding include a buffy-yellow patch at the back of the head and a black, glossy beak (2). More

The Bobolink is one of the most visually striking passerines in North America. Males—conspicuous morphologically, behaviorally, and vocally during the breeding season—look like they are wearing a tuxedo backward, leading some observers to refer to this species as the “skunk blackbird.” Male Bobolinks sing a long, bubbly song, often while flying low over their territories in a characteristic, helicopter-like flight. More

Bobolinks are fairly common within the glaciated northern and central counties of Ohio. They presently are uncommon within the southern and unglaciated counties. The first flocks of spring migrants normally appear in Ohio during the last week of April. Nest construction occurs the last half of May and continues into June. Nests with eggs have been reported between 26 May and 4 July and young may remain in the nest through mid-July. More

Tout (1947) found bobolink in Lincoln County during 5 May to 27 September, and Rosche (1979) reported the earliest arrival in the lower North Platte River Valley as 6 May. National Geographic Society (1983) indicated that the Platte River system is at about the southern limit of this species breeding range in North America. More

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BOBOLINK PROTECTION AND MORTALITY ON SUBURBAN CONSERVATION LANDS by Stephen F. Ells - Links to Text: 1. Abstract Page. 2. Introduction. 3. Methods. More

bobolink pronunciation /ˈbɒb əˌlɪŋk/ Show Spelled Show IPA –nouna common North American songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, that winters in South America. Use bobolink in a SentenceSee images of bobolinkSearch bobolink on the Web - Origin: 1765–75, Americanism; short for Bob o' Lincoln, the bird's call as heard by speakers of English Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010. More

bobolink Information Bobolink Information = There are 6 informational link matches for 'Bobolink'. Bobolink Bobolink Photographer: Steve Maslowski Source: US Fish and Wildlife This image is in public domain. More

Bobolinks and Grassland Conservation = (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Banded 31 May, 2001 - Carmel, Indiana General Information Grasslands and hayfields often appear empty, but are in fact home to many species of breeding and wintering birds. More

BOBOLINK PROTECTION AND MORTALITY ON SUBURBAN CONSERVATION LANDS by Stephen F. More

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A back view of a female Bobolink in a pasture on Amherst Island, near Kingston, Ontario, Canada. A back view of a female Bobolink in a pasture on Amherst Island, near Kingston, Ontario, Canada. A female Bobolink sitting on a fence post along a hayfield in Luskville, Quebec, Canada. A female Bobolink sitting on a fence post along a hayfield in Luskville, Quebec, Canada. A male Bobolink along the beaches in Miami, returning from its winter range, Florida, USA. More