| 100% | CHICKCOREA | 10 | Jazz pianist with a bird-like first name |
| 61% | CHICKCOREA | 10 | 23-time Grammy-winning jazz pianist whose first name is also the term for a baby bird: 2 wds. |
| 53% | ZORRO | 5 | Swordsman associated with a mark shaped like the first letter of his name |
| 49% | JELLY | 5 | With 5-Down, jazz pianist Morton with a confectionary name |
| 48% | PETERFINCH | 10 | "Network" actor with a bird name: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SHERYLCROW | 10 | "Strong Enough" singer with a bird name: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JELLYROLLMORTON | 15 | Jazz pioneer with a sweet-sounding name |
| 47% | JONATHANSWIFT | 13 | "Gulliver's Travels" writer with a bird name: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ELLA | 4 | First name of a singer with 13 Grammys |
| 46% | ANAIS | 5 | Diarist first name with a diaeresis |
| 46% | BUNTINGS | 8 | Birds with a decorative-sounding name |
| 46% | ELON | 4 | First name of a man associated with Tesla, SpaceX |
| 46% | ENOCH | 5 | Violinist Light with a biblical first name |
| 46% | LEELEE | 6 | Actress Sobieski with a reduplicative first name |
| 46% | RHEA | 4 | Bird with a mythological name |
| 46% | DODO | 4 | Bird with a reduplicative name |
| 46% | NENE | 4 | Bird with a reduplicative name |
| 46% | LOON | 4 | Bird with a "wacky" name |
| 46% | LOON | 4 | Bird with a "crazy" name |
| 46% | LOONS | 5 | Birds with a "crazy" name |
| 45% | WREN | 4 | Bird with a silent first letter |
| 45% | BLUEJAYS | 8 | Toronto ___, Canadian baseball team in MLB with a bird-themed name: 2 wds. |
| 45% | AHMADJAMAL | 10 | Jazz pianist honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 45% | CLIVE | 5 | First name of a music mogul that rhymes with a number |
| 44% | RHEAS | 5 | Birds with a name from Greek myth |
| 44% | AHMADJAMAL | 10 | Jazz pianist honored with a 2017 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2 wds.) |
| 44% | HERBIEHANCOCK | 13 | Jazz pianist who had a hit with 1983's "Rockit": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ERNIE | 5 | Golfer Els who shares his first name with a Muppet |
| 44% | JAY | 3 | Bird whose name sounds like its first letter |
| 44% | TERN | 4 | Bird whose name sounds like a driving maneuver |