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Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Passes through Alabama on migration. Found in all 67 counties, across 3 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
3
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Alabama 3

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 3

Prairies and grasslands

Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County
SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and WoodlandLimestone prairie. Shown: Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerCultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration
Other habitats in its models (6)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama.

  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Summer.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Alabama

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 67 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 225

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Alabama. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources