header

List by Common Name - List by Scientific Name - List by Family

Bobolink (female)
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Size: 7 inches
Overall Color: black and brown and yellow buff
Occurrence: fields and grasslands
Diet: insects, seeds
Nest: cup on ground
Field Identification: buffy overall, striped head, wings with black stripes, dark line behind eye
Season: summer


Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: passeriformes
Family: 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks
Genus: Dolichonyx
Species: oryzivorus

copyright © Hank Jorgensen 2007