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)

A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
(US) The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus.
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

Bulgarian: жълтурка (žǎlturka)
Catalan: verderola, hortolà groc
Czech: strnad
Dutch: geelgors c
Estonian: talvike
Faroese: gulspurvur m
Finnish: keltasirkku (fi)
French: Bruant jaune m
Galician: escribenta amarela f
German: Goldammer (de) f
Alemannic German: Geelamere f, Goldamere f
Hungarian: citromsármány (hu)
Inari Sami: fiskiscissááš
Italian: zigolo giallo
Japanese: キアオジ, 黄青鵐
Latvian: dzeltenā stērste f

Lithuanian: geltonoji starta
Lule Sami: visskátsihtse
Northern Sami: fiskescihci
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gulspurv m
Old English: please add this translation if you can
Polish: trznadel (pl) m
Portuguese: verdelha f, escrevedeira-amarela f
Romanian: presură galbenă
Russian: овся́нка обыкновенная (ovsjánka obyknovennaja)
Scottish Gaelic: buidheag-bhealaidh f
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: gulsparv (sv) c
Vilamovian: please add this translation if you can
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

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