| NUTHATCH | Small woodpecker-like woodland bird with blue-grey, chestnut and buff plumage, often spotted scuttling head-first down a tree trunk (8) |
| JUNGLEMYNA | Starling-like woodland bird of India (6.4) |
| CHOUGH | Bird of black plumage, often living in caves or on cliff faces |
| SAPSUCKER | A woodpecker-like bird blamed for girdling tree trunks in the US (9) |
| NILGAU | Large Asian antelope with blue/grey coat and white spots on the cheeks (6) |
| BLEU | ___ d'Auvergne French cheese with blue-grey mold |
| ORIOLE | The African golden - is woodland bird with yellow plumage and a red bill (6) |
| GREATTIT | Green and yellow woodland bird with a black head (5,3) |
| HOOPOE | Rarely seen in the UK and named after its call, a bird with pinkish-buff plumage and a distinctive fan-like crest (6) |
| BARNOWL | Inhabiting open countryside and farmland, a protected species of "indicator" bird of prey with a heartshaped face and buff/white plumage (4,3) |
| BLUETIT | Small Eurasian non-migratory bird with blue, yellow, white and green feathers (4,3) |
| MOTMOT | Long-tailed tropical American bird with blue-green plumage and a repetitive call |
| HOUSEMARTIN | A small bird with blue-black upper parts and white under parts |
| CHAFFINCH | Small common European bird with a reddish body and blue-grey head in the male (9) |
| PEACOCK | Large bird with blue and green spotted tail feathers (7) |
| HOOPOES | Veritable feathered onomatopoeias in the form of exotic-looking coraciiform birds with sandy-buff plumage and fluffy down that contrast with each one's delightful salmon-pink crown (7) |
| EGRET | A wading bird usually with a white or buff plumage (5) |
| WHINCHAT | Brown and buff European thrush that frequents heaths and meadows (8) |
| TOMTIT | Small bird with blue wings |
| HERON | Grey -; species of bird often spotted standing motionless in the shallow waters of lakes, ponds or r |
