Bird
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Passes through Louisiana on migration. Found in all 64 parishes, across 2 habitats.
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 64 parishes
- Habitats
- 2

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- On migration
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 64 parishes
- Habitats
- 2
- Habitat models
- Summer
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Louisiana 2
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
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.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (7)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana.
- Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer.
- Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer.
- Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer.
- Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Summer.
- Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer.
- Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer.
Seasons in Louisiana
- Migratory: does not nest here, in all 64 parishes.
Also found in this habitat
Wildlife 251
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Louisiana. Not sighting records.
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Bobolink Elevation 18 to 2,500 m. Avoids forest interior
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)

























