Bobolink

Bobolink Temporal range: Pleistocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
male
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Icteridae
Genus:	Dolichonyx Swainson, 1827
Species:	D. oryzivorus
Binomial name
Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Approximate distribution.   Breeding range   Non-breeding range
Synonyms
Fringilla oryzivora Linnaeus, 1758 Emberiza oryzivora Linnaeus, 1766

The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) is a small New World blackbird and the only member of the genus Dolichonyx. An old name for this species is the "rice bird", from its tendency to feed on cultivated grains during winter and migration. The bobolink breeds in the summer in the United States and Canada, with most of the summer range in the northern U.S. Bobolinks winter in southern South America, primarily Paraguay, Argentina, and Bolivia. Bobolink populations are rapidly declining due to numerous factors, such as agricultural intensification and habitat loss; they are considered threatened in Canada, and are at risk throughout their range.