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The '''bobolink''' (''Dolichonyx oryzivorus'') is a small [[icterid|New World blackbird]] and the only member of the genus '''''Dolichonyx'''''. An old name for this species is the "rice bird", from its tendency to feed on cultivated grains. Adults are {{convert|16|–|18|cm|in|abbr=on}} long with short [[finch]]-like bills and weigh about {{convert|1|oz|g|abbr=on|order=flip}}. Adult males are mostly black with creamy napes and white scapulars, lower backs, and rumps. Adult females are mostly light brown with black streaks on the back and flanks, and dark stripes on the head; their wings and tails are darker. The bobolink breeds in the summer in [[Northern America]], with most of the summer range in
==Etymology==
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