| 100% | ANI | 3 | Black long tailed bird from the Cuckoo family, found mostly in Central and South America |
| 40% | MOTTLEDOWL | 10 | Nocturnal bird of Central and South America of the family Strigidae |
| 37% | COATI | 5 | Raccoonlike animal found mainly in Central and South America |
| 34% | TINAMOU | 7 | Game bird of Central and South America related to the ratites |
| 33% | SLOTH | 5 | Sluggish tree-dweller in Central and South America |
| 33% | ACAI | 4 | Kind of palm tree in Central and South America |
| 32% | POORWILL | 8 | Nocturnal bird of the nightjar family of central and western North America |
| 31% | RAVEN | 5 | Large bird of the crow family with a black plumage and wedge-shaped tail |
| 31% | CURASSOW | 8 | Large, often crested, game bird of South and Central America such as the red-billed — |
| 31% | TAYRA | 5 | Carnivorous mammal of Central and South America similar to the marten |
| 31% | JAGUARUNDI | 10 | Feline mammal of Central and South America related to the cougar |
| 31% | COATI | 5 | Central and South American omnivorous mammal of the raccoon family |
| 30% | AGOUTI | 6 | Rodent from Central and South America |
| 30% | ANI | 3 | Smooth-billed ___ (bird from the cuckoo family) |
| 29% | CAIMAN | 6 | Small crocodilian from Central and South America |
| 29% | DARIEN | 6 | The __ Gap divides Central and South America |
| 29% | PENGUIN | 7 | Black and white bird found in Antarctica |
| 28% | ANI | 3 | Black long tailed bird |
| 28% | ANI | 3 | Bird found in South America |
| 27% | LANNERFALCON | 12 | Bird of prey found in SE Europe, Africa and the Middle East |
| 27% | ANI | 3 | Black, cuckoo family bird in southern Florida that builds a communal nest |
| 27% | SCREAMER | 8 | Bird of South America such as the Crested — or Black-necked — |
| 27% | OCELOT | 6 | Dwarf leopard of Central and South America |
| 27% | PARANA | 6 | River of South America formed at the confluence of the Paranaiba and Grande Rivers in Brazil |
| 27% | ANI | 3 | Bird of the cuckoo family |
| 26% | SOREL | 5 | Julien —, central character in 1830 Stendhal novel The Red and the Black |
| 26% | BENTOUTOFSHAPE | 14 | Upset ... and what can be found in the four other longest answers? |
| 26% | INCA | 4 | Empire in South America from the 1200s to the 1500s |
| 26% | OCELOT | 6 | Spotted wild cat of Central and South America |
| 26% | STANDAPART | 10 | Stick out from the crowd, and what can be found in 17-, 25-, 40-, and 50-Across? |