bobolink

English

A male bobolink in breeding plumage

Etymology

Imitative of its song. Compare Bob Lincoln.

Noun

bobolink (plural bobolinks)

An American migratory songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.

Synonyms

Translations

songbird

Arabic: ممراح‎‎
Asturian: charrán m, chambergo m, tordu arroceru m
Basque: arroz-txori, bobolinko
Catalan: bobolinc m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刺歌雀
Dutch: rijsttroepiaal, bobolink
Esperanto: dolikonikso
Estonian: heinaturpial
Faroese: gulnakki
Finnish: heinäturpiaali (fi)
French: goglu des prés m
German: Reisstärling m
Haitian Creole: gwo bèk ke pwenti
Hebrew: ארוך טופר‎‎
Hungarian: bobalink, seregélysármány

Icelandic: rísstarli
Irish: bobóilinc
Italian: doliconice m
Japanese: ボボリンク (boboringu)
Lithuanian: ryžinis trupialas, bobolinkas
Persian: برنج‌خورک‎‎
Polish: ryżojad m
Portuguese: triste-pia
Russian: pисовая птица f (pisovaja ptica), боболинк m (bobolink), рисовый трупиал (risovyj trupial), рисовый желтушник (risovyj želtušnik)
Spanish: charlatán (es) m, chambergo (es) m, tordo arrocero m
Turkish: pirinç kuşu
Welsh: bobolinc m

Further reading

bobolink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dolichonyx oryzivorus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dolichonyx oryzivorus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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