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North American songbird Dolichonyx oryzivorus, family Icteridae, order Passeriformes, that takes its common name from the distinctive call of the male. It has a long middle toe and pointed tailfeathers. Breeding males are mostly black, with a white rump; females are buff-coloured with dark streaks. Bobolinks are about 18 cm/7 in long and build their nests on the ground in hayfields and weedy meadows.



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