Birds That Start With I

5 birds Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 5 birds that start with I, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.

I is a very short bird list, with only five entries: the ibis, the ibisbill, the ivory-billed woodpecker, the indigo bunting and the ivory gull.

The ibis is a wading bird with a long curved bill. The indigo bunting is named for its deep blue feathers. The ivory gull is an all-white Arctic seabird. Two of the names refer to the bill, the ibisbill and the ivory-billed woodpecker, so remembering them is easy if you think about beaks.

Birds starting with I: 5
Best known: ibis, ibisbill
Longest name: ivory-billed woodpecker

All birds that start with I

#	Name	What it is
1	ibis	wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
2	ibisbill	grey wading bird with a long curved red bill
3	indigo bunting	small deep blue North American bunting
4	ivory gull	white Arctic gull; migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick
5	ivory-billed woodpecker	very large American woodpecker with an ivory-white bill

Questions people ask

How many birds start with I?

This list has 5 birds starting with I, from well-known ones like ibis, ibisbill, ivory-billed woodpecker to rarer kinds.

What birds start with I?

Well-known examples are ibis, ibisbill, ivory-billed woodpecker.

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.

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