Bobolink

·noun An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is black and white; the female is brown;

— called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln.

bobolink
The popular name of the rice-bunting (icterus), a bird which frequents the wild rice and marshes; on...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.