yellowhammers

Noun

yellowhammer (plural yellowhammers)

1. A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.

   Synonyms:

   ammer, goldhammer, yelamber, yeorling, yellow bunting, yowley, yeldrin, yite

2. (US) The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus, a woodpecker with yellow underwings and undertail and often other yellowish underparts; one of its ways of feeding is to hammer on trees to find insects (adults and larvae) to eat.
3. A native or resident of the American state of Alabama.