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A male Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) with black plumage, white wings, and a pale yellow patch on its head perches on a rusty metal fence post.
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A male Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) with black plumage, white wings, and a pale yellow patch on its head perches on a rusty metal fence post.
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) perched on a post.

Bobolink

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Also known as: Dolichonyx oryzivorus, ricebird
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Listen: The song of the bobolinkThe bobolink, or Dolichonyx oryzivorus, is found from Eastern and central North America to northern South America.
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Bobolink, (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), American bird of the family Icteridae (order Passeriformes) that breeds in northern North America and winters chiefly in central South America. Migrating flocks may raid rice fields, and at one time the fat ā€œricebirdsā€ were shot as a table delicacy. In the breeding season the 18-centimetre (7-inch) male bobolinkā€”named for his bubbling songā€”has a black underside, yellow hindneck, white back and rump, and white patches on the wings; in winter he resembles the brown female.

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