Bobolink migration Dolichonyx oryzivorus
▶ Follow the bobolink across the big globe
Press ▶ to play the year. Line: a simplified typical route, joining the main cluster of GBIF records in each month (adjusted for observer effort).
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| Scientific name | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
|---|---|
| IUCN status | Least concern |
| Records mapped | 880,219 (GBIF) |
| GPS / geolocator tracks | none with an open licence yet |
Facts from Wikidata Q591831 (CC0).
Migration in the data
880,219 GBIF records (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 licences only) are mapped here, in 1.41° grid cells, month by month.
In the Americas, the centre of the records (adjusted for observer effort) is furthest north in July (about 46°N) and furthest south in March (about 25°S).
More than half of the effort-adjusted signal there is south of the Equator in: January, February, March, December.
Month by month: centre of records in the Americas
| Month | Centre (latitude) | South of the Equator |
|---|---|---|
| January | 18°S | 75% |
| February | 25°S | 100% |
| March | 25°S | 99% |
| April | 28°N | 4% |
| May | 42°N | 0% |
| June | 46°N | 0% |
| July | 46°N | 0% |
| August | 44°N | 0% |
| September | 35°N | 0% |
| October | 26°N | 1% |
| November | 12°N | 35% |
| December | 21°S | 99% |
Tracked birds
No openly licensed (CC0 / CC BY) tracking data package for this species was found in the Movebank Data Repository yet, so only records are shown.
About the bobolink
The bobolink is a small 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 during winter and migration. The bobolink breeds in the summer in the United States and Canada, with most of the summer range in the northern U.S. Bobolinks winter in southern South America, primarily Paraguay, Argentina, and Bolivia. …
From the Wikipedia article “Bobolink” (revision 1371310667), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
GBIF occurrence records, licence CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, observations only (no specimens), filtered with: taxonKey=2484417&license=CC0_1_0&license=CC_BY_4_0&occurrenceStatus=PRESENT&hasGeospatialIssue=false&basisOfRecord=HUMAN_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=MACHINE_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=OBSERVATION. Monthly queries: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. GBIF.org (23 October 2026) occurrence data accessed via the GBIF API; a GBIF download DOI is still to be added. Contributing datasets.