| 100% | TURTLEDOVE | 10 | Old World bird with brown plumage and speckled wings associated with the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas |
| 83% | TURTLEDOVE | 10 | Old World bird with a brown plumage and speckled wings associated with song The Twelve Days of Christmas |
| 44% | BUSTARD | 7 | Old World bird with long legs and a speckled plumage such as the Great — |
| 35% | DRONGO | 6 | Songbird of the Old World tropics with a glossy black plumage and forked tail |
| 35% | HOOPOE | 6 | Old World bird with a pinkish-brown body and black-and-white wings |
| 32% | HEN | 3 | French ___ ("The Twelve Days of Christmas" bird) |
| 32% | HENS | 4 | Birds on the the third day of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 31% | HEN | 3 | French bird in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 31% | HENS | 4 | "French" birds in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 31% | SWANS | 5 | Seven birds in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 31% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Bird in a pear tree in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 31% | SWAN | 4 | Bird that's "a-swimming" in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 31% | HORNBILL | 8 | Old World bird of tropical and subtropical forests with an enormous down-curved beak |
| 29% | DRUMMERS | 8 | Rhythmic musicians in The Twelve Days of Christmas |
| 29% | BULLFINCH | 9 | Thick-billed Old World bird, the male of which has a bright pinkish-red breast and cheeks |
| 29% | LEAPING | 7 | Ten lords a-__ in The Twelve Days of Christmas |
| 29% | RAVEN | 5 | Large bird of the crow family with a black plumage and wedge-shaped tail |
| 29% | WOODPIGEON | 10 | Common bird of the UK with mainly grey plumage and a white neck patch |
| 29% | HEN | 3 | French ___ (bird in "The Twelve Days of Christmas") |
| 29% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Bird given on the first day of Christmas |
| 28% | NINELADIESDANCING | 17 | “The Twelve Days of Christmas” gift (and what this puzzle features) |
| 28% | GEESE | 5 | Birds given on the sixth day of Christmas, in song |
| 28% | HARPY | 5 | Creature in Greek mythology with the head and trunk of a woman and wings of a bird |
| 28% | PEAR | 4 | "And a partridge in a ___ tree" ("The Twelve Days of Christmas" line) |
| 28% | PRESENTMOMENTUM | 15 | Impulse behind the gift-giving in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? |
| 28% | EARTH | 5 | I'm one of the classical elements who is associated with qualities of matter and the terrestrial world |
| 28% | TUI | 3 | New Zealand bird of the honeyeater family with a bluish-green plumage and white tuft under the throat |
| 28% | PEAR | 4 | Kind of tree for the partridge in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
| 28% | PARTRIDGE | 9 | Only solo bird in the 12 Days of Christmas song |
| 27% | PRESENTMOMENTUM | 15 | Impulse behind the gift-giving in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? |