Birds That Start With Every Letter
Here are birds that start with every letter from A to Z: 395 in all, with examples for each letter and a full page for every letter that has enough of them.
This A to Z holds 395 birds. B leads with 44 names, from blackbird to blue jay, and S is close behind with 42. C, W and P are also deep, which gives players plenty of room.
The hard ones are X, U and Z. X has a single bird, the xenops, a small bird worth memorizing for alphabet challenges. U offers the upland sandpiper and the umbrella bird, and Z has the zebra finch and the zebra dove. Q is short too, with quail, quetzal and quelea. Learn those few and you can name a bird for every letter.
- Birds listed
- 395
- Most common first letter
- B
Birds by letter
| Letter | How many | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| A | 13 | albatross, auk, avocet, anhinga, amazon |
| B | 44 | blackbird, bluebird, blue jay, buzzard, budgie |
| C | 35 | chicken, crane, cardinal, crow, canary |
| D | 8 | duck, dove, dodo, diver, dipper |
| E | 6 | eagle, emu, egret, emperor penguin, elephant bird |
| F | 12 | falcon, finch, flamingo, flycatcher, fieldfare |
| G | 24 | goose, grouse, gull, golden eagle, goldfinch |
| H | 21 | hawk, heron, hummingbird, house sparrow, hornbill |
| I | 5 | ibis, ibisbill, ivory-billed woodpecker, indigo bunting, ivory gull |
| J | 9 | jay, jackdaw, jacamar, jacana, jaeger |
| K | 15 | kite, kiwi, kingfisher, kestrel, king penguin |
| L | 11 | lark, loon, lovebird, limpkin, lyrebird |
| M | 21 | mockingbird, magpie, mallard, macaw, myna |
| N | 9 | nightingale, nuthatch, nene, noddy, nutcracker |
| O | 8 | owl, ostrich, osprey, oriole, oilbird |
| P | 25 | penguin, pigeon, parrot, peacock, pelican |
| Q | 3 | quail, quetzal, quelea |
| R | 22 | robin, raven, rooster, roadrunner, razorbill |
| S | 42 | swallow, swan, sparrow, starling, seagull |
| T | 21 | turkey, thrush, tern, toucan, teal |
| U | 2 | upland sandpiper, umbrella bird |
| V | 4 | vulture, verdin, vermilion flycatcher, vireo |
| W | 28 | wren, woodpecker, warbler, whooping crane, weaver |
| X | 1 | xenops |
| Y | 4 | yellowhammer, yellowlegs, yellowthroat, yellow bunting |
| Z | 2 | zebra finch, zebra dove |
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Questions people ask
Which letter do the most birds start with?
B, with 44 on this site's list.
Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.