| QUETZALS | Standard monetary units of Guatemala, named after the national bird (8) |
| OLIVIER | ___ Awards, annual London theatre prizes named after the National Theatre's first artistic director (7) |
| KHADE | Virdhawal the Indian swimmer who will retire after the National Games. (5) |
| PEACOCKS | Sacred to the Greek goddess Hera, the males of the national birds of India (8) |
| STOTINKI | Monetary units of Bulgaria, 100 of which are equal to one lev (8) |
| SITUATED | Located around a certain part of Guatemala? (8) |
| PAVO | Constellation named after the Latin name of the national bird of India (4) |
| MARIMBAS | National instruments of Guatemala |
| SPORTING | Fair or display in capital of Guatemala |
| PEACOCK | The male of the national bird of India; the butterfly Aglais io; or, the novelist who wrote Headlong Hall, Nightmare Abbey and Crotchet Castle (7) |
| BALDEAGLE | North American bird of prey; the national bird of the United States (4,5) |
| HONDURAS | Neighbor of Guatemala |
| QUETZAL | What is the monetary unit of Guatemala? (7) |
| PALMCHAT | Small long-tailed bird in the genus Dulus; national bird of the Dominican Republic |
| HAWAIIANGOOSE | Also known as the nene, the national bird of the US state where the Ironman World Championships have |
| ISRAELIS | Citizens of a country whose national bird is the hoopoe (8) |
| INDIA | The peafowl is the national bird of ___ |
| HOOPOE | A crested bird with salmon-coloured plumage and black-and-white wings, chosen as the national bird of Israel in 2008 (6) |
| MONAL | With striking rainbow-coloured plumage, the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as the danphe (5) |
| PHEASANT | Green _: national bird of Japan (8) |
