| 100% | LOON | 4 | Bird that wails and yodels |
| 53% | LOONS | 5 | Birds that yodel |
| 52% | WREN | 4 | Bird that warbles and sings |
| 52% | EMUS | 4 | Birds that boom and grunt |
| 51% | DOVE | 4 | Bird that symbolizes peace and soap |
| 51% | WADERS | 6 | Birds that inhabit mudflats and shorelines |
| 51% | PHOENIXES | 9 | Birds that burn and rise again |
| 50% | ORIOLE | 6 | Bird that might be orange and black |
| 50% | COMMUTERRAIL | 12 | Bird that travels to and from work? |
| 50% | ORIOLE | 6 | Bird that may be orange and black |
| 50% | OWL | 3 | Bird that hoots and hunts at night |
| 49% | TURKEY | 6 | Bird that married the owl and the pussycat |
| 48% | GOOSE | 5 | Bird that looks like a duck and loves water |
| 48% | LARK | 4 | Bird that's a symbol of joy and hope |
| 48% | CROW | 4 | Bird that can build tools and remember human faces |
| 47% | HENS | 4 | Female birds that cackle and cluck |
| 47% | EMU | 3 | Bird that's a primate minus its first and last letters |
| 47% | CROW | 4 | Bird that can remember human faces and solve multi-step puzzles |
| 47% | OWL | 3 | Bird that can rotate its head two hundred and seventy degrees |
| 47% | OWLS | 4 | Birds that can rotate their necks two hundred and seventy degrees |
| 46% | BULLFINCH | 9 | Bulky black-headed bird that eats fruit and buds |
| 46% | GROUSE | 6 | Game bird that comes in ruffed and dusky varieties |
| 46% | PIGEON | 6 | A common bird that is found in buildings and parks |
| 45% | DOVE | 4 | White bird that symbolizes "peace" and is released during many ceremonies |
| 45% | OSPREY | 6 | Bird of prey that hunts in oceans and lakes |
| 44% | DUCK | 4 | Bird that can precede the starts of 20-, 30-, 36-, 46- and 52-Across |
| 43% | HARPY | 5 | Creature that's part woman and part bird |
| 43% | GEESE | 5 | Birds that belong to the same family as ducks, and migrate in the fall season |
| 43% | KAKA | 4 | Norfolk ___, an extinct parrot-like bird that inhabited the Norfolk and Phillip islands |
| 43% | AFLATMYNAH | 10 | Type of bird that can talk and sing, but only in one key? |