| BEARDEDTIT | A small, long-tailed bird in which the male has a tuft of black feathers on each side of its face (7,3) |
| CROP | Pouch in the oesophagus of a bird in which food is stored or partially digested before passing on to the gizzard (4) |
| ARCTICTERN | This bird has a long, forked tail, short red legs, a pointed beak, and a covering of black feathers on its head. It migrates from the Arctic to Antarctica and back, which is distance of more than 32,0 |
| PARAKEET | A small, long-tailed parrot of various kinds (8) |
| PALMCHAT | Small long-tailed bird in the genus Dulus; national bird of the Dominican Republic |
| RAIL | Horizontal piece in a sash window; family of birds in which the coot, moorhen and corncrake belong; or, in the plural, a racecourse barrier (4) |
| CERE | Fleshy region above the beak in certain birds in which the nostrils (nares) are located; from Latin, 'wax' (4) |
| ROADRUNNER | Long-tailed bird in way on river? |
| GOLIATHBEETLE | A large, boldly marked tropical insect in which the male has a forked horn (7,6) |
| NARWHAL | A small Arctic whale of which the male has a forward-pointing spirally twisted tusk (7) |
| MALLARDS | Wild ducks in the Northern hemisphere of which the male has a shiny green head (8) |
| MUNTJAC | A small deer of eastern Asia in which the male has tusks and short antlers (7) |
| BLACKGROUSE | Moorland game bird of which the male has a lyre-shaped tail (5,6) |
| STAGBEETLE | Insect found in the UK in which the male has large, antler-like jaws (4,6) |
| WREN | Tiny but pugnacious "king of birds" in the "cave-dwelling" Troglodytes genus, of which the male makes a string of nests to attract its queen (4) |
| BLUISH | Teal is a ___ green color that derives its name from a duck with a colorful stripe on the side of its head |
| FLAMINGO | This pink long-necked bird feeds by forcing mud and water through bristly plates at each side of its beak with its tongue. |
| TUI | This New Zealand bird was also called the parson bird for its mostly black feathers with a white neck tuft |
| ROCKHOPPER | Small penguin with a yellow crest on each side of its head (10) |
| STAG | ____ beetle, one in which the male has large branched mandibles (4) |
