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Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Migratory and summer in Virginia, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 3 habitats found here.

Seasons here
Migratory and summer
Breeding
Breeding
Range
132 of 133 counties
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Seasons in Virginia
Migratory and summer
Breeding
Breeding
Counties in known range
132 of 133
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Summer model

Habitats in Virginia 3

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

1 of 3

Mountain balds

Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020
SummerGrassy mountain bald with shrub islands. Shown: Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, Swain County, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020, Andrea Walton / Great Smoky Mountains National Park, July 2020. 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 Virginia.

  • 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
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer

Model settings

Settings in the USGS model, not field measurements.

  • Summer model: Elevation 18 to 2,500 m. Avoids forest interior

Habitat names: NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0.

Seasons in Virginia

Modeled range from USGS maps (2001), by watershed. Not sighting records. Migratory gives no dates. USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps

  • Migratory. Nonbreeding. Range includes 132 of 133 counties and cities
  • Summer. Breeding. Range includes 5 of 133 counties and cities

Also found in this habitat

Plants 81

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 229

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

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

Sources