| BRAD | Bird who made The Incredibles (4) |
| PIXAR | Animation studio that made "The Incredibles" |
| LEAR | Painter of landscapes and birds who introduced The Owl and the Pussy-Cat in his Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (4) |
| VLAD | Seussian bird who flies off with Whoville in his beak |
| OWLS | Birds who could become slow (4) |
| ADAM | The Birds Who Fear Death actor Beach |
| THRUSH | Bird who sang the psalm in the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin (6) |
| EARLY | Like the bird who gets the worm, in a saying |
| EARLIER | More like the bird who gets the worm (7) |
| FOUGASSE | Provencal bread in the form of a rustic leaf; or, pen name of former Punch editor Cyril Kenneth Bird who contributed to the miniature library in Queen Mary's Doll's House (8) |
| CHICKENLITTLE | Bird who says "The sky is falling!" |
| TOUCAN | Bird who may play the game, we're told (6) |
| SUE | Bird who won four WNBA titles with the Seattle Storm |
| OWL | Intelligent bird who was mates with Winnie the Pooh (3) |
| PIRATE | Shady seaman with a pet bird who might have ordered a man to walk the plank |
| ROD | Actor, 1930-2015, (The Time Machine, The Birds) who grew up in Lidcombe (3,6) |
| WRENS | We point to the British navy and the birds who join it (5) |
| GARUDA | Hindu deity described as the king of the birds, who serves as Vishnu's mount (6) |
| CUCKOO | Bird who makes hourly appearances? |
| TRUMPETER | Bird who sends out signals? |
