| ROOK | Large passerine Eurasian bird of the crow family; Corvus frugilegus (4) |
| ROOKS | Raucous birds of the Eurasian crow family, Corvus frugilegus (5) |
| RAVEN | Large bird of the crow family, Corvus corax (5) |
| ANTBIRD | One of a large passerine family, native to Central and South America (3-4) |
| RAVENS | Large passerine birds (6) |
| GRUS | Symbolised by a crane, one of the constellations named after a bird, along with Aquila the Eagle, Columba the Dove, Corvus the Crow, Cygnus the Swan and others (4) |
| JACKDAW | Large Eurasian bird of the crow family noted for its inquisitiveness and thievery; Corvus monedula (7) |
| CROW | Large bird of the genus Corvus (4) |
| DOTTEREL | Reddish-brown Eurasian bird of the plover family; Charadrius morinellus (8) |
| MUTE | --- swan, Eurasian bird with a pure white plumage and an orange-red bill with a black border (4) |
| TEAL | Blue-green color which is also an Eurasian bird |
| ATRO | Black, eg ____ gutture corvus, a crow with a black throat, Catulllus 108.5 |
| BLACKCAP | Eurasian bird of the warbler genus (Sylvia atricapilla) known by nicknames including 'northern nightingale' (8) |
| ROOKERIES | Colonies of the corvid Corvus frugilegus (9) |
| EAGLEOWL | Large Eurasian bird of prey successfully bred in the UK since 1996; Bubo bubo, family Strigidae (5,3) |
| DAWS | Eurasian birds related to crows |
| HARRIER | Eurasian bird of prey, Circus aeruginosus (7) |
| MARSH | Eurasian bird of prey, Circus aeruginosus (5) |
| REDKITE | Eurasian bird of prey |
| MUTESWAN | Eurasian bird, Cygnus olor, with a pure white plumage (4,4) |
