| 100% | LIMPKIN | 7 | Crane-like bird also called a carrao found in Florida, West Indies and South America |
| 31% | ANI | 3 | Bird found in South America |
| 30% | LLAMA | 5 | Animal found in South America that resembles a camel |
| 29% | PEWEE | 5 | Bird also called a flycatcher |
| 29% | SHRIKE | 6 | Bird also called a butcherbird |
| 29% | NENE | 4 | Rare black and grey bird also called a Hawaiian goose |
| 29% | OSPREY | 6 | Bird also called a fish hawk |
| 29% | ROADRUNNER | 10 | Terrestrial crested bird of central and southern North America also called a chaparral cock |
| 28% | LANDRAIL | 8 | Eurasian bird also called a corncrake |
| 28% | NENE | 4 | Rare black-and-grey bird also called a Hawaiian goose |
| 28% | PERCHING | 8 | Type of bird also called a passerine |
| 28% | GALAH | 5 | Australian bird also called a rose-breasted cockatoo |
| 27% | BOBWHITE | 8 | Northern —, North American ground-dwelling bird also called a — quail |
| 27% | NEWT | 4 | ___ Scamander, the lead in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"; also a tiny lizard |
| 27% | AEIOU | 5 | Quintet found in so-called "supervocalic" words, like "education" and "facetious" |
| 27% | COATI | 5 | Raccoonlike animal found mainly in Central and South America |
| 26% | LIFEJACKET | 10 | Safety item also called a Mae West |
| 26% | ANI | 3 | Black long tailed bird from the Cuckoo family, found mostly in Central and South America |
| 26% | GENIPAP | 7 | Unripe fruit found in Florida that can be used as a tattoo dye (and insect repellent!) |
| 26% | ALICE | 5 | Child who gets lost in a nonsensical world called Wonderland and must find her way back |
| 26% | FEATHERED | 9 | Like birds, in a way |
| 26% | PIGEON | 6 | A common bird that is found in buildings and parks |
| 26% | SOS | 3 | Mayday call, or a pattern found in 17-, 27-, 45-, and 60-Across |
| 26% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird whose call is often dubbed over with the call of a red-tailed hawk, on TV and in movies |
| 26% | CAIMAN | 6 | An alligator-like reptile found in South America |
| 26% | GROUNDHOG | 9 | North American marmot also called a woodchuck and whistlepig |
| 26% | VITAMINC | 8 | Also called ascorbic acid, found in citrus fruits |
| 26% | EAGLE | 5 | Bald ___, a bird that migrates south in the fall season; also the national emblem of the United States |
| 26% | SEMINOLE | 8 | ___ Tribe of Florida (people who call themselves “the only Tribe in America who never signed a peace treaty”) |
| 26% | ANGRY | 5 | Like birds in a popular game app |