n.
or yellow bunting
Songbird species ( Emberiza citrinella , family Emberizidae) found from Britain to central Asia.
The name is derived from the German Ammer ("bunting"). Yellowhammers are 6 in. (16 cm) long and have a streaked brown body, yellow-tinged head and breast, and a rapid song. In the southern U.S., the yellow-shafted flicker is called yellowhammer because of its drumming.