| 100% | LOON | 4 | Bird with a "wacky" name |
| 88% | RHEA | 4 | Bird with a mythological name |
| 88% | DODO | 4 | Bird with a reduplicative name |
| 88% | NENE | 4 | Bird with a reduplicative name |
| 85% | LOON | 4 | Bird with a "crazy" name |
| 85% | LOONS | 5 | Birds with a "crazy" name |
| 82% | BUNTINGS | 8 | Birds with a decorative-sounding name |
| 81% | RHEAS | 5 | Birds with a name from Greek myth |
| 79% | DODO | 4 | Extinct bird with a dumb-sounding name |
| 79% | DODO | 4 | Extinct bird with a goofy-sounding name |
| 79% | DODO | 4 | Extinct bird with a silly-sounding name |
| 79% | PEWEE | 5 | Small bird with a small-sounding name |
| 79% | DODO | 4 | Extinct bird with a "stupid" name |
| 79% | DODO | 4 | Extinct bird with a "dumb" name |
| 79% | DODOS | 5 | Extinct birds with a "dumb" name |
| 78% | EMPERORPENGUIN | 14 | Antarctic bird with a regal name |
| 78% | DODO | 4 | Extinct bird with a repetitive name |
| 77% | PHOEBE | 6 | Fly-catching bird with a name derived from Greek |
| 77% | DODO | 4 | Extinct flightless bird with a "dumb" name |
| 74% | LOON | 4 | Minnesota's state bird with a "crazy" name |
| 74% | PENGUIN | 7 | Tuxedoed Antarctic bird with a "writer's tool" hidden in its name |
| 73% | PETERFINCH | 10 | "Network" actor with a bird name: 2 wds. |
| 73% | CHICKCOREA | 10 | Jazz pianist with a bird-like first name |
| 72% | SHERYLCROW | 10 | "Strong Enough" singer with a bird name: 2 wds. |
| 71% | JONATHANSWIFT | 13 | "Gulliver's Travels" writer with a bird name: 2 wds. |
| 68% | BLUEJAYS | 8 | Toronto ___, Canadian baseball team in MLB with a bird-themed name: 2 wds. |
| 67% | KIWI | 4 | Flightless bird with the same name as a fuzzy fruit |
| 65% | EAGLE | 5 | American ___, popular clothing retailer with a name that reminds one of a large bird of prey |
| 65% | HOOPOE | 6 | Bird with a fanlike crest |
| 65% | OSTRICH | 7 | Bird with a proverbial stomach |