| GUINEAFOWL | Bird native to Africa, but which has been domesticated worldwide (10) |
| ASIA | Where dogs are believed to have been domesticated 10,000+ years ago |
| PITTSBURGH | U.S. city historically among the most polluted in the country, but which has made major improvements in recent decades |
| OSTRICH | A very large, swift, flightless bird native to Africa and valued for its feathers (7) |
| MARSHOWL | Round-faced bird native to Africa |
| NETBALL | Sport recognised by the IOC but which has never been in the Olympics (7) |
| BUDGERIGAR | Popular cage bird native to Australia (10) |
| BESSARABIA | Region that once belonged to Romania, but which now falls mostly in Moldova (10) |
| OSTRICHES | Large flightless birds native to Africa (9) |
| RHINOCEROS | Odd-toed ungulate of which there are five extant species, two native to Africa and three to southern Asia |
| TAWNYEAGLE | Large bird of prey, Aquila rapax, native to Africa and India (5, 5) |
| SHOEBILL | Very large stork-like bird native to tropical east Africa (8) |
| PHEASANT | Known collectively as a bouquet, brace and nide, a gallinaceous game bird native to Asia but now common in the British countryside (8) |
| PARTRIDGE | This bird is any of many small game birds native to the Old World and belonging to the family Phasianidae. They are larger than quails, with stronger bills and feet. In Henry VI, Part 2 (act 3, scene |
| BARNOWL | Nocturnal bird native to Britain (4,3) |
| MOA | Extinct flightless bird native to New Zealand (3) |
| RHEA | A large flightless bird native to South America (4) |
| AGAMI | Crane-like bird native to Central and South America (5) |
| KIWI | Flightless bird native to New Zealand (4) |
| FLORESSEA | ___ cuckoo-dove, a species of bird native to Indonesia (6,3) |
