| SERIN | Bird related to the canary |
| PLOVER | Bird related to the lapwing whose golden species flying at speeds of up to 60mph was the inspiration for what was originally called The Guinness Book of Records (6) |
| RAVEN | Known collectively as an unkindness, a buzzard-sized bird related to the crow,jackdaw, jay and rook; one of the avian guardians of the Tower Of London (5) |
| WOODPECKER | Great spotted, lesser spotted or green in the UK, a bird related to the wryneck heard "drumming" on trees in wooded areas, parks and gardens (10) |
| HAWFINCH | With a large beak powerful enough to crush a cherry or olive stone, a waxwing-like bird related to the evening grosbeak (8) |
| PIGEON | Derived from a French word for a young dove, the name of a bird related to the aforesaid culver, trained by a peristerophilist (6) |
| EMU | Australian bird related to the ostrich (3) |
| GUINEAFOWL | African bird related to the pheasant (6,4) |
| IBIS | Bird related to the spoonbill (4) |
| KITE | A small bird related to the hawk |
| RHEA | A large flightless bird related to the ostrich |
| JAEGER | Dark-colored bird related to the skua |
| NIGHTJAR | Nocturnal bird related to the swift family (8) |
| TITMOUSE | *Bird related to the chickadee |
| QUAIL | Bird related to the pheasant, grouse and partridge (5) |
| GREYPLOVER | Wading bird related to the lapwing (4,6) |
| WRYBILL | New Zealand bird related to the plovers (7) |
| CARRIONCROW | Bird related to the rook and jackdaw (7,4) |
| TERN | Bird related to the gull |
| WOODCOCK | Secretive forest bird, related to the snipe (8) |
