Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella, is a species of passerine bird in the bunting family found in cropland and woodland and forest ecosystems.

Emberiza citrinella has a breeding population size of 12700000-19900000 pairs and a breeding range size of 3030000 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Decreasing in the short term and Decreasing in the long term.

The EU population status of Emberiza citrinella was assessed as Declining, because EU27 population or range declined by at least 20% since 1980, with continuing decline since 2001.