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Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bobolink
Valley Forge National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Bobolink
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Passeriformes, Family Icteridae, Genus Dolichonyx, Species Dolichonyx oryzivorus


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		PA: S4B,S3M
Evidence:		6 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Assateague Island National Seashore
Badlands National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Hole National Battlefield	Big Thicket National Preserve
Biscayne National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Channel Islands National Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Dinosaur National Monument	Dry Tortugas National Park
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
First State National Historical Park	Fort Circle Parks
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Teton National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Morristown National Historical Park	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Capital Parks-East	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Niobrara National Scenic River
North Cascades National Park	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Padre Island National Seashore	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Redwood National Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Rock Creek Park
Rocky Mountain National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Vicksburg National Military Park
Virgin Islands National Park	Voyageurs National Park
Wind Cave National Park	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park


Last Modified Date:	7/30/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/26/2025 5:19:45 PM

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