| 100% | CHICKADEE | 9 | Bird that says its own name |
| 54% | WILDGOOSE | 9 | Bird that gives its name to a pointless search |
| 54% | TREESPARROW | 11 | Bird that forages on the ground, despite its name |
| 53% | MUDHEN | 6 | Bird that lent its name to Toledo's Triple-A team |
| 51% | EIRE | 4 | Country name that includes its own abbreviation |
| 49% | OUIJA | 5 | Board that supposedly chose its own name |
| 49% | PHOENIX | 7 | Mythical bird that rises from its own ashes (or the capital of 51-Across) |
| 48% | TEAL | 4 | Color that takes its name from a bird |
| 48% | OWL | 3 | Bird that says "Who!" |
| 48% | OWL | 3 | Bird that says "Hoo" |
| 48% | RAVEN | 5 | Bird that said "Nevermore" |
| 48% | ROBIN | 5 | Small backyard bird that shares its name with Batman's partner |
| 48% | KIWI | 4 | Fruit that shares its name with a flightless bird |
| 46% | ROOK | 4 | Chess piece that shares its name with a bird |
| 46% | ROOSTER | 7 | Bird that says "cock-a-doodle-doo" |
| 45% | OWLET | 5 | Young bird that says "hoo" |
| 45% | RAVEN | 5 | Bird that says "Nevermore" in a Poe poem |
| 44% | OWL | 3 | Bird that says "Give a hoot! Don't pollute!" |
| 43% | PHOENIX | 7 | Bird that rose from its ashes |
| 43% | PARROT | 6 | Bird that repeats what others say |
| 43% | PELICAN | 7 | Bird that Alcatraz was named for |
| 42% | HERON | 5 | Bird that flies with its neck retracted |
| 42% | WREN | 4 | Bird that perches with its tail erect |
| 42% | OWL | 3 | Bird that can rotate its head 270° |
| 42% | HERON | 5 | Bird that retracts its neck while flying |
| 42% | OWL | 3 | Bird that can turn its head 270° |
| 42% | CRANE | 5 | Bird that flies with its neck outstretched |
| 42% | OWL | 3 | Bird that's said to be wise |
| 42% | RAVEN | 5 | Dark, eerie bird that says "nevermore" in a Poe poem |
| 42% | WREN | 4 | Bird that perches with its tail straight up |