1. small birds that feed on rice crops, especially the bobolink during migration

Examples

• Farmers in the South complained about ricebirds destroying their crops.
• The ricebirds arrived in large flocks during the fall migration.
• Hunters would wait in the rice fields for the ricebirds to land.
• The bobolinks were commonly called ricebirds when they fed in the grain fields.
• Ricebirds were considered both a pest and a delicacy in the 19th century.