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Bobolink -
(Dolichonyx oryzivorus) 

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Identification

  • Medium-sized blackbird
  • Breeding male all black below with white
         back and rump
  • Yellow on back of head
  • Female and non-breeding male --
         yellowish brown with black stripes
         on head and back
  • Short pinkish bill
  • 7" (18 cm.)

Habitat

  • Open grasslands

Additional Information

  • Common migrant and summer resident
  • Wisconsin species of special concern
  • Population in decline
  • Male sings bubbly song on the wing
  • Round trip to winter habitat is
         approximately 12,500 miles (Cornell)
  • Winters in central parts of South America

Male Bobolink on prairie grass

Female Bobolink perched on white sweet clover 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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