yellowhammers

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1. A small bunting (Emberiza citrinella) of Europe and western Asia having bright yellow plumage on the head, neck, and breast.

2. See yellow-shafted flicker.

[By folk etymology from earlier yelambre, perhaps from Middle English *yelwambre : yelow, yellow; see yellow + Old English amore, a kind of bird.]

yellowhammer [ˈjɛləʊˌhæmə]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, having a yellowish head and body and brown streaked wings and tail

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US and Canadian an informal name for the yellow-shafted flicker, an American woodpecker (see flicker²)

[of uncertain origin]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	yellowhammer - large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail Colaptes auratus, yellow-shafted flicker flicker - North American woodpecker
	2.	yellowhammer - European bunting the male being bright yellow Emberiza citrinella, yellow bunting bunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America Emberiza, genus Emberiza - Old World buntings

Translations

yellowhammer [ˈjeləʊˌhæməʳ] N → escribano m cerillo

yellowhammer [ˈjɛləʊˌhæməʳ] n (Zool) → zigolo giallo

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Bird bunting Colaptes auratus Emberiza Emberiza citrinella flicker genus Emberiza verdin yellow yellow bunting yellow-shafted flicker yellow-yite yite yokel	Yellowhammers have also plunged by 34%, house sparrows by 20% and linnets by 14% Winners since 1995 in the region include woodpigeon, up 22%; swallow 32%; carrion crow 11%; blackcap 26%; goldfinch 44%; chaffinch 23%; greenfinch 21%; wren 31%; dunnock 34%; robin 28%; blackbird 35%, blue tit 2% and coal tit 32%. Birds thrive in gardens but suffer on moors; Environment Editor Tony ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England) The result has been steep declines in many iconic farmland species: yellowhammers by 44% over 15 years, marsh fritillary butterflies by 32% over 20 years and significant falls in brown hare numbers since the 1960s. 'Make or break for farm birds' RSPB warn of shocking falls... and ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Reed buntings, redpolls, yellowhammers, grey wagtails, redwings and fieldfares are other unusual garden visitors not usually around. Rare visitors cause a flutter by Birmingham Mail (England)	yellow-leaf sickle pine yellow-marked yellow-orange yellow-shafted flicker yellow-spotted yellow-striped yellow-throated marten yellow-throated warbler yellow-tinged yellow-tipped yellow-white yellow-yite Yellowammer yellowbark yellowbelly marmot Yellowbill yellowbird yellowcake yellowed Yellowfin yellowfin croaker yellowfin mojarra yellowfin tuna Yellowfish yellowhammer yellowhammers yellowhead Yellowing yellowish yellowish brown yellowish green yellowish pink yellowish-beige yellowish-gray yellowish-grey yellowish-orange yellowish-white Yellowknife yellowlegs yellowness Yellowroot yellows Yellowseed Yellowshanks Yellowstone Yellowstone Falls Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone River yellowtail yellowtail flounder yellowtail kingfish	yellowed yellowed yellowed yellowed yellower yellower yellower yellower yellower yellowest yellowest yellowest yellowest yellowest Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area yellowfin Yellowfin Baikal Sculpin Yellowfin Croacker yellowfin croaker Yellowfin drum yellowfin mojarra yellowfin tuna yellowfin tuna yellowfins Yellowfish yellowhammer yellowhammer Yellowhammer State Yellowhammer State Yellowhammer State yellowhammers Yellowhead Yellowhead disease Yellowhead Pass Yellowhead Region Educational Consortium Yellowhead Regional Library Yellowhead Rotary Arts Festival Yellowhead Tribal Services Agency Yellowhead virus yellowheads Yellowheart yellowing yellowing yellowing yellowing yellowing yellowish yellowish yellowish yellowish yellowish brown yellowish green yellowish pink yellowish-beige yellowish-gray yellowish-grey yellowish-orange yellowish-white Yellowjacket Yellowjacket Yellowjacket

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Colaptes auratus
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yellow bunting
yellow-shafted flicker
yellow-yite
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Yellowhammers have also plunged by 34%, house sparrows by 20% and linnets by 14% Winners since 1995 in the region include woodpigeon, up 22%; swallow 32%; carrion crow 11%; blackcap 26%; goldfinch 44%; chaffinch 23%; greenfinch 21%; wren 31%; dunnock 34%; robin 28%; blackbird 35%, blue tit 2% and coal tit 32%.

Birds thrive in gardens but suffer on moors; Environment Editor Tony ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

The result has been steep declines in many iconic farmland species: yellowhammers by 44% over 15 years, marsh fritillary butterflies by 32% over 20 years and significant falls in brown hare numbers since the 1960s.

'Make or break for farm birds' RSPB warn of shocking falls... and ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Reed buntings, redpolls, yellowhammers, grey wagtails, redwings and fieldfares are other unusual garden visitors not usually around.

Rare visitors cause a flutter by Birmingham Mail (England)

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