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| Ole Thorsen | profile | all galleries >> Birds and other animals (updated:2014-10-06) >> Garden & Forest Birds - One gallery for each bird (updated:2014-10-06) >> Yellowhammer (Gulspurv / Emberiza citrinella) (updated:2007-06-28) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
| The Yellowhammer L 15,5-17cm (6.1-6.6") breeds normally in farmland, bushy marshes, at the edge of forests, grooves and plantations. It is a pretty large and long-tailed bird with red-brown rump and a strong yellowish plumage and obvious white outer tail feathers. The back is olive-brown with dark streaks. The bill is relative small the lower mandible is blue-grey. The adult male is recognised at it's yellow head with dark lines at the crown and head sides. The under part is warm yellow with a olive-green or chestnut breast and red-brown flanks. The adult female is grey-green with a striped crown often with a little yellow spot. The sides of the head is without yellow. The under part is a pale yellow with grey-black stripes at the breast and flanks. |
Names: | ||||
| Sc | Emberiza citrinella | ||||
| En | Yellowhammer | ||||
| Da | Gulspurv | ||||
| No | Gulspurv | ||||
| Sv | Gulsparv | ||||
| De | Goldammer | ||||
| Fr | Bruant jaune | ||||
| Es | Escribano Cerillo | ||||
| It | Zigolo giallo | ||||
 Yellowhammer (Gulspurv / Emberiza citrinella) |
 Yellowhammer (Gulspurv / Emberiza citrinella) |
 Yellowhammer (Gulspurv / Emberiza citrinella) |
 Yellowhammer (Gulspurv / Emberiza citrinella) |
 Yellowhammer (Gulspurv / Emberiza citrinella) |
 Yellowhammer (Gulspurv / Emberiza citrinella) |
 Yellowhammer (Gulspurv / Emberiza citrinella) |
 Yellowhammer (Gulspurv / Emberiza citrinella) |
 Yellowhammer (Gulspurv / Emberiza citrinella) |
 Yellowhammer (Gulspurv / Emberiza citrinella) |
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