| 100% | RUFF | 4 | Wading bird with a small head whose female is called a reeve |
| 98% | RUFF | 4 | Medium-sized wading bird with a small head whose female is called a reeve |
| 52% | RUFF | 4 | Medium-sized wading bird with a small head |
| 42% | SWAN | 4 | Bird whose young is called a cygnet |
| 41% | LAPWING | 7 | Bird with a crested head also called a green plover |
| 39% | BITTERN | 7 | Wading bird similar to the heron with a booming call |
| 39% | BRANT | 5 | A small goose whose head and neck are mostly black |
| 39% | LAILA | 5 | With 10-Down, female boxer whose father was also a boxer |
| 39% | EAGLE | 5 | Bird whose call is often dubbed over with the call of a red-tailed hawk, on TV and in movies |
| 37% | DUNLIN | 6 | Small wading bird with a slightly down-curved bill that breeds in the uplands of Scotland, Wales and England |
| 35% | IBIS | 4 | Wading bird with a curved beak |
| 35% | IBIS | 4 | Wading bird with a long beak |
| 35% | IBIS | 4 | Wading bird with a curved bill |
| 35% | CURLEW | 6 | Wading bird with a curved bill |
| 35% | IBIS | 4 | Wading bird with a downcurved bill |
| 35% | NENE | 4 | Bird whose name may be written with two diacritics called kahakos |
| 35% | PEWEE | 5 | Small bird with a small-sounding name |
| 35% | SNIPE | 5 | Wading bird with a long, slender bill |
| 35% | PANELPIN | 8 | Nail with a small head |
| 35% | IBIS | 4 | Wading bird with a long down-curved bill |
| 34% | BRAD | 4 | Slender fastener with a small head |
| 34% | FOX | 3 | Animal whose females are called vixens |
| 34% | IBIS | 4 | African wading bird with a curved bill |
| 34% | CAB | 3 | Vehicle whose driver is called a "hack" |
| 34% | TAXI | 4 | Vehicle whose driver is called a "hack" |
| 34% | QUAIL | 5 | California ___, bird with a signature head plume |
| 34% | DEER | 4 | "A female ___ is called a doe." |
| 34% | SHRIKE | 6 | Bird with a shrill call |
| 34% | LOON | 4 | Bird with a laughlike call |
| 34% | EMU | 3 | Bird with a booming call |