yellowhammer

See also: yellow hammer and yellow-hammer

English

an especially yellow yellowhammer

Alternative forms

• yellow-ammer, yellow-hammer

Etymology

yellow +‎ ammer.

Noun

yellowhammer (plural yellowhammers)

1. A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
2. (US) The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus.
3. A native or resident of the American state of Alabama.

Synonyms

• (Emberiza citronella): yellow bunting, ammer, yelamber, yeorling, yowley, yeldrin, yite

geographic distribution of the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Translations

a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella

• Alemannic German: please add this translation if you can
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• Czech: strnad
• Dutch: geelgors c
• Estonian: talvike
• Faroese: gulspurvur m
• Finnish: keltasirkku (fi)
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• Galician: escribenta amarela f
• German: Goldammer (de) f
• Hungarian: citromsármány (hu)
• Inari Sami: fiskiscissááš
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• Latvian: dzeltenā stērste f

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• Lule Sami: visskátsihtse
• Northern Sami: fiskescihci
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  Bokmål: gulspurv m

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• Polish: trznadel (pl) m
• Portuguese: verdelha f, escrevedeira-amarela f
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• Russian: овся́нка обыкновенная (ovsjánka obyknovennaja)
• Scottish Gaelic: buidheag-bhealaidh f
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• Swedish: gulsparv (sv) c
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• Welsh: penfelyn (cy) m

a native or resident of the American state of Alabama

• Russian: штат золотистого дятла (štat zolotistovo djatla)

Further reading

• yellowhammer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Emberiza citrinella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Emberiza citrinella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons