yellowhammer

Bright European songbird

A yellowhammer is a European bunting with bright yellow head and underparts, common in open country and farmland.

The name also refers to the yellow-shafted flicker, a North American woodpecker.

Yellowhammer is a nickname for Alabama and its residents, from the yellowhammer's status as state bird.

song

chirp

Short, high avian sound

melody · tune · ditty · refrain · repetitive · distinctive · birdsong · cadence · phrase · pitch

bird

finch

Small seed-eating songbird

plumage · feathers · beak · nesting · fledgling · migration · territorial · insectivorous · habitat · ornithology

habitat

hedgerow

Linear shrub boundary

countryside · agricultural · rural · bucolic · orchard · fence · grassland · scrubland · arable · thicket

alabama

Confederate

Secessionist state supporter

regiment · uniform · cavalry · Montgomery · Dixie

plumage

gold

Element seventy-nine

breeding · male · female · coloring · breast · head · rump · markings · distinctive · canary

Opposites
bird family/taxonomy

yellowhammercanary

Yellow caged songbird

house sparrow · blue tit · goldfinch

plumage coloration

yellowhammerbluebird

Azure-backed North American thrush

bluejay · blackbird · crow · raven · blue tit

U.S. STATE NICKNAMES (informal demonyms)

yellowhammerYankee

Person from northeastern states

Hoosier · Buckeye · Sooner · Tar Heel · Wolverine

Family

yellowhammers

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G