| HUMMINGBIRDS | Very small American birds with iridescent plumage, long slender bills and narrow wings that vibrate rapidly (12) |
| SANDPIPER | Shore bird with a long slender bill and legs and cryptic plumage (9) |
| TERN | Small, slender gull with forked tail and narrow wings (4) |
| BOBOLINKS | Black cuckoo in book about large and small American birds (9) |
| TOUCANS | Large South American birds with an enormous beak (7) |
| PEACOCKS | Birds with iridescent plumage |
| DRONGOS | Birds with iridescent plumage, spangled ... |
| JACAMAR | Bird with iridescent plumage |
| CORMORANT | Aquatic bird with a dark plumage, long neck and body, and a slender hooked beak (9) |
| MAGPIE | Bird with a black-and-white plumage, long tail and a chattering call (6) |
| MIDGET | Very small American university accommodating department takeover, for example (6) |
| STARLINGS | Birds with iridescent feathers |
| ATOMIC | Very small American male in charge |
| KITTIWAKE | A pelagic gull with generally white plumage and long, narrow wings (9) |
| TURTLEDOVE | Old World bird with a brown plumage and speckled wings that is associated with the song The Twelve D |
| STARLING | With iridescent plumage, a bird forming flocks or murmurations in the winter (8) |
| TERNS | Small slender gulls with narrow wings and forked tail (5) |
| THRIPS | Small, slender-bodied insects with feathery wings that feed on plant sap (6) |
| KITTIWAKES | Small gulls with long wings that nest in colonies on cliffs (10) |
| SNIPE | Wading bird with a long, slender bill |
