Yellowhammer

Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) Scotland The Yellowhammer is a bunting found throughout most of Europe and extends eastwards into Siberia. It is a bird of farmland and the countryside and has suffered declining numbers in recent years.

Yellowhammer Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology see woodpecker. More on Yellowhammer Woodpecker - common name for members of the Picidae, a large family of climbing birds found in most parts of the world.

Five eggs, pen scribbled o'er with ink their shells, Resembling writing scrolls, which Fancy reads As Nature's poesy and pastoral spells - They are the yellowhammer's and she dwells Most poet like, 'mid brooks and flowery weeds. - John Clare ...

Yellowhammer Male Bright yellow head, streaky chestnut brown upperparts, chestnut rump and pale yellow below. Emberiza citrinella ...

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Yellowhammer Males are unmistakeable with a bright yellow head and underparts, brown back streaked with black, and chestnut rump. In flight it shows white outer tail feathers. Often seen perched on top of a hedge ... More... About the RSPB ...

The Yellowhammer is also mentioned in a famous University of Alabama cheer. The Rammer Jammer Cheer pays tribute to the state bird in its final line which reads, Rammer Jammer, Yellowhammer, give 'em hell, Alabama! ...

Other In the Civil War (1860-1865), Confederate soldiers from Alabama were called "Yellowhammers" because of the yellow cloth on their uniforms. It apparently reminded other soldiers of the underwings of "yellowhammers" or northern flickers.

In some parts of the United States, flickers are known as yellowhammers! They build their nests in holes in trees, telephone poles or birdhouses. Gilded flickers may build their nests in cactuses. The female will usually lay six to eight eggs.

Non-breeding plumage is like that of a Yellowhammer, but with all the yellow replaced by white. Its song and calls are like those of the Yellowhammer. Interbreeding between both birds shows a mixture of colors.

THE GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER. [Northern Flicker or Yellowhammer (see also Red-shafted Woodpecker).] (State Bird of Alabama) PICUS AURATUS, Linn. [Colaptes auratus.] ...

I walked the track from the South Bay refuge which climbs up a steep hill and affords a marvelous view. I had Skylarks and Yellowhammer up here. Pied Stilts were along the shore with a White-faced Heron. Seal Colony ...

Behaviour They are sociable and are often found in small flocks, sometimes mixed with similar species including sparrows and yellowhammers. They roost communally in hedgerows.

" The name "Yellow-hammer" comes from a term that was applied to a company of young cavalry soldiers from Huntsville. They were called the "yellowhammer company" because of the brilliant yellow bits of cloth on the sleeves, collars, ...

See also: Finch, Flamingo, Chaffinch, Warbler, Sparrow