The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word OWLS , but the solution may also be AVIANS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Birds crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OWLS | 5 % | 4 |
| DAWS | 5 % | 4 |
| ERNES | 5 % | 5 |
| EGRETS | 5 % | 6 |
| RAVENS | 5 % | 6 |
| JAYS | 4 % | 4 |
| GEESE | 4 % | 5 |
| EMUS | 4 % | 4 |
| WRENS | 3 % | 5 |
| HENS | 3 % | 4 |
| AVES | 3 % | 4 |
| TERNS | 3 % | 5 |
| ERNS | 3 % | 4 |
| ANIS | 3 % | 4 |
| SWANS | 3 % | 5 |
| PEAHENS | 2 % | 7 |
| NESTERS | 2 % | 7 |
| CRANES | 2 % | 6 |
| HITCHCOCKTOPIC | 2 % | 14 |
| RATITES | 2 % | 7 |
| ORNIS | 2 % | 5 |
| HITCHCOCKTHREAT | 2 % | 15 |
| SORAS | 2 % | 5 |
| KITES | 2 % | 5 |
| SNIPE | 2 % | 5 |
| ROOSTERS | 2 % | 8 |
| AVIANS | 2 % | 6 |
| MYNAS | 1 % | 5 |
| SPARROWS | 1 % | 8 |
| ORIOLCS | 1 % | 7 |
| SERINS | 1 % | 6 |
| GROUSE | 1 % | 6 |
| ROOKS | 1 % | 5 |
| NUTHATCHES | 1 % | 10 |
| SONGLOVEANDBLUE | 1 % | 15 |
| SMEES | 1 % | 5 |
| PENGUINS | 1 % | 8 |
| ARARAS | 1 % | 6 |
| LOONS | 1 % | 5 |
| KINGFISHERS | 1 % | 11 |
| LASSIES | 1 % | 7 |
| BOBWHITES | 1 % | 9 |
| HAWKS | 1 % | 5 |
| QUAIL | 1 % | 5 |
| TANAGERS | 1 % | 8 |
| FOWLS | 1 % | 5 |
| ORIOLES | 1 % | 7 |
| AUKS | 1 % | 4 |
| RAILS | 1 % | 5 |
| DOVES | 1 % | 5 |
| PENGUINANDQUAIL | 1 % | 15 |
| ARAS | 1 % | 4 |
| GANDERS | 1 % | 7 |
| HOOTOWLS | 1 % | 8 |
| SEAGULLS | 1 % | 8 |
Why may AVIANS be the right solution?
The answer to "Birds" is "AVIANS" because "avians" is a term that specifically refers to birds.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Birds
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- fowl
- birdwatch
- birdie
- raspberry
- snort
- bronx cheer
- skirt
- shuttle
- doll
- hiss
- hoot
Crossword Answer definitions
OWLS noun- Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.
- (by extension) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.
- The owl pigeon.
- A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies having large eyespots on the wings.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result OWLS
- Rice athletes
- Barn birds
- Nocturnal birds
- Symbols of wisdom in dreams
- Harry Potter's mail carriers
- Temple team
- Mice hunters
- Symbols of wisdom to some, death to others
- What big eyes they have
- Denizens of barns
More clues leading to the result DAWS
- Grackles
- Crow relatives
- Cartoon voice-man Butler
- ___ Butler (voice of Huckleberry Hound, Chilly Willy, et al.)
- Butler who spoke for Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound
- Voice of Yogi Bear, ___ Butler
- Crow relatives known for thievery
- Crows' cousins
- Butler who provided Elroy Jetson's voice
- Cartoon voiceman Butler
More clues leading to the result ERNES
- Sea eagles
- Marine eagles
- Marine flyers
- Sea birds
- Ship followers
- Shore birds
- Flying fish-eaters
- Coastal creatures
- Cousins of ospreys
- Kite's cousins
More clues leading to the result EGRETS
- Marsh birds
- Pelicans' relatives
- National Audubon Society symbols
- White-tailed herons
- Herons' kin
- Plumed waders
- Plume sources
- Wetland birds
- White wading birds
- They may be snowy
More clues leading to the result RAVENS
- Super Bowl XLVII winners
- Black-feathered birds
- Cousins of crows
- Dark birds
- Baltimore team
- Baltimore footballers
- Baltimore birds
- Black birds
- Blackbirds
- Super Bowl XXXV champions
More clues leading to the result JAYS
- Yanks' rivals
- Rivals of the O's
- Colorful fliers
- Baseball team that plays in the shadows of the CN Tower
- Team originally owned by the Labatt's Brewing Company, familiarly
- Crows' cousins
- Bosox rivals
- Airborne chatterers
- Toronto team, familiarly
- Crested screechers
More clues leading to the result GEESE
- Brants
- Canadian ___
- Flock members
- Gaggle members
- Simpletons
- Gaggle group
- Silly ones
- V-formation fliers
- A "Twelve Days of Christmas" gift
- Flying wedge
More clues leading to the result EMUS
- Australian birds
- Long-legged Aussies
- Ostrich-like birds
- Outback birds
- Swift-running birds
- Down-under denizens
- Flightless birds
- Grounded birds
- Large ratites
- Cassowary kin
More clues leading to the result WRENS
- Small songbirds
- Birds related to the troglodytes
- Little songbirds
- Feeder visitors
- Insectivorous singers
- Small singers
- Plump songbirds
- Small brown birds
- Brown songbirds
- Songbirds
More clues leading to the result HENS
- Layers
- Barnyard brooders
- Biddies
- Fusspots
- Roost dwellers
- Mother cluckers
- They're usually cooped up
- Inhabitants of some farm houses
- ___ party (British bridal bash)
- Coop group
More clues leading to the result AVES
- Lex. and Mad., e.g.
- Robin's class
- Spanish fowls
- Birds, to Brutus
- St. crossers
- Broad sts.
- Long ways to go: Abbr.
- Most Monopoly properties: Abbr.
- Prayers to Mary
- They sometimes have presidents' names: Abbr.
More clues leading to the result TERNS
- Gull kin
- Sea swallows
- Seabirds
- Gulls' kin
- Coastal birds
- Shore fliers
- Sea birds
- Small gulls
- Gull relatives
- Slender gulls
More clues leading to the result ERNS
- Fish-eating birds
- Marine flyers
- Sea eagles
- White-tailed eagles
- Birds of crosswords
- Coastal raptors often seen in crosswords
- Cousins of the harrier
- Fish eaters
- Predatory birds often seen in grids
- Some eagles
More clues leading to the result ANIS
- Blackbirds
- Black cuckoos
- Cuckoos
- Keel-billed cuckoos
- Groove-billed birds
- Licorice-like liqueur
- ___ del mono (Spanish liqueur)
- Spanish liqueur
- Big-billed cuckoos
- Licorice-flavored liqueur of Spain
More clues leading to the result SWANS
- Stately swimmers
- White long-necked birds
- They're white and graceful on water
- Gift on the seventh day of Christmas
- Park pond sights
- Boston boat birds
- Cygnet's parents
- Majestic birds
- Mute and whistling
- Large waterfowl
More clues leading to the result PEAHENS
- Showy fowl's mates
- Showy fowl's harem
- Proud birds' mates
- Birds with colorful mates
- Female fowl
- Some fowl
- Female fowls
- Female birds.
- Birds.
- Birds with showy mates
More clues leading to the result NESTERS
- Birds, when building homes
- Family types
- Birds, at times
- They make things cozy
- Birds, e.g.
- Avian home makers
- Fledglings
- Empty ___ (many seniors)
- Homesteaders.
- Home builders.
More clues leading to the result CRANES
- Trumpeting birds
- Rubbernecks
- Dockyard lifters
- Cargo handlers, say
- Heavy moving equipment
- Long-legged creatures on the beach
- Origami birds
- Rail relatives
- Long-legged birds
- Building site giants
More clues leading to the result HITCHCOCKTOPIC
More clues leading to the result RATITES
- Flat-breasted birds
- Emus, kiwis et al.
- Birds.
- Ostriches, emus, etc.
- Rheas, e.g.
- Ostriches, e.g.
- Cassowary and ostrich
- Flightless birds
- Emus and kiwis
- Ostrich and kiwi, e.g.
More clues leading to the result ORNIS
- Birdlife
- Bird life of a region
- Avifauna
- Bird life of a region.
- An avifauna.
- Avifauna.
- All the birds of a certain region.
- Avifauna or bird.
- Birdlife of a region.
- All the birds of a region.
More clues leading to the result HITCHCOCKTHREAT
More clues leading to the result SORAS
- Carolina rails
- Marsh birds
- Short-billed rails
- Short-billed rails.
- American rails.
- Florida gallinules.
- Wading birds.
- Ralline birds.
- Rail birds.
- Rails.
More clues leading to the result KITES
- Flying boxes
- High flyers?
- Hawks' kin
- Up-in-the-air toys
- Flying toys
- Swallow-tailed birds
- They come with strings attached
- High fliers
- Toys with tails
- Toys that won't work on calm days
More clues leading to the result SNIPE
- Bushwhack
- Make malicious remarks
- Marsh bird
- __ at (malign)
- Assail
- Game bird
- Shoot from above
- Take potshots
- Gossip maliciously
- Sandpiper kin
More clues leading to the result ROOSTERS
- They've gotta crow
- Alarm cocks?
- With 48-Across, fowl movie with Richard Pryor and John Candy?
- Farm alarms
- Cocky ones
- Vane designs
- Barnyard denizens.
- Chanticleers.
- Gamecocks.
- Birds.
More clues leading to the result AVIANS
- Feathered fliers
- Feathered friends
- Birdhouse denizens
- Cardinals, e.g.
- Grackles and grebes
- Old British biplanes with an apt name
- Feathered creatures
- Birds
- Our feathered friends
- Emus and rheas
More clues leading to the result MYNAS
- Chatty birds
- Tropical starlings
- Mimicking birds
- Mimicking birds of the starling family
- Mocking birds
- Talking birds (var.)
- Colorful birds
- Avian mimics
- Imitative birds
- Avian back-talkers?
More clues leading to the result SPARROWS
- Common backyard birds
- Tiny birds
- Outdoor café scavengers
- Common songbirds
- Small songbirds
- Cardinal kin
- Birds
- City birds
- U.S. air-to-air missiles
- Finches
More clues leading to the result ORIOLCS
More clues leading to the result SERINS
- Finches.
- Canarylike finches.
- Greenish finches.
- Birds.
- Birds of the canary family.
- Birds akin to canaries.
- Finches
- Canaries' cousins
- Songbirds
- Canary's cousins
More clues leading to the result GROUSE
- Complain
- Crab
- Black ruffed bird
- Vancouver's ___ Mountain (ski area)
- Vancouver's ___ Mountain
- Register one's dissatisfaction
- Bellyache
- Fuss and fret
- Kvetch
- "Ruffed" bird
More clues leading to the result ROOKS
- Chess castle
- Corner pieces
- Knights neighbors
- Castles
- Corner pieces?
- They can move across ranks and files
- Chess "castles"
- They move along ranks and files
- Swindles
- Castles on boards
More clues leading to the result NUTHATCHES
More clues leading to the result SONGLOVEANDBLUE
More clues leading to the result SMEES
More clues leading to the result PENGUINS
More clues leading to the result ARARAS
- Palm cockatoos
- Macaws.
- Australian macaws.
- Black Australian cockatoos.
- Brazilian macaws.
- Palm cockatoos.
- Birds.
- Cockatoos.
- Macaws
More clues leading to the result LOONS
- "On Golden Pond" birds
- Daffy ducks?
- Fish-eating diving birds
- Weird-sounding birds
- Batty-sounding birds
- Canadian coins
- Ducks' relatives
- Birds on Canadian coins
- Crackpots
- Nut jobs
More clues leading to the result KINGFISHERS
More clues leading to the result LASSIES
- Several dog stars
- Bonny girls on the Clyde
- Misses
- "Brigadoon" extras
- Young ladies
- Birds
- Girls.
- Misses.
- Belles of Scotland.
- See 7 Down.
More clues leading to the result BOBWHITES
More clues leading to the result HAWKS
- Doves' antitheses
- Hardliners
- They're for war
- Atlanta team
- Peddles
- Warmongers
- Keen-sighted birds
- Sells aggressively
- Flying predators
- Birds of prey
More clues leading to the result QUAIL
- Cower in fear
- One of a bevy
- Partridge cousin
- Covey member
- Small game bird
- Bird in a covey
- Bevy member
- Bird in a bevy
- Plump bird
- Draw back with alarm
More clues leading to the result TANAGERS
- Scarlet birds
- Cousins of the honeycreeper
- Scarlet songbirds
- Bright-colored birds
- Bright-colored songbirds
- Relatives of the finches.
- Bright birds
- Colorful fliers
- Some are scarlet
- Birds
More clues leading to the result FOWLS
- Peacocks
- Barnyard birds
- Ducks and turkeys
- Ducks, e.g.
- Some game
- Birds.
- Table birds.
- Guinea hens.
- Dominiques
- Hunts wild birds
More clues leading to the result ORIOLES
- 1969 Miracle Mets victims
- Team that plays "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" during the seventh inning stretch
- 1983 World Series champs
- Camden Yards guys
- Camden Yard team
- World Champs of 1983
- Baltimore team
- Birds that build hanging nests
- Camden Yards team
- Brooks Robinson's team
More clues leading to the result AUKS
- Razorbills
- Diving birds
- Pretty graceful divers, despite what one might think from their name
- Puffins, e.g.
- Black and white fliers
- Water birds
- Razor-billed birds
- Razor-billed divers
- Penguin lookalikes
- Arctic birds
More clues leading to the result RAILS
- Marsh birds
- Train tracks
- Crossties support them
- Pieces of ironwork
- Train need
- Coke servings
- Tracks
- Portcullis parts
- Local supporters?
- C.N. lines, e.g.
More clues leading to the result DOVES
- Peace symbols
- Peaceniks
- Antiwar advocates
- Hawks' foes
- Small-headed birds
- Cooing birds
- Birds in many magic acts
- Birds of peace
- Love birds
- Peace advocates
More clues leading to the result PENGUINANDQUAIL
More clues leading to the result ARAS
- Turkish/Iranian border river
- Brazilian parrots
- Some horses
- ___ Baskauskas ("Survivor: Exile Island" winner)
- Turkey-Azerbaijan river
- Part of U.A.R.
- Armenia's chief river
- Parseghian et al.
- 635-mile river in Armenia.
- Armenian river, 635 miles to the Kura.
More clues leading to the result GANDERS
- Quick looks
- Members of the flock
- Male geese
- Barnyard denizens.
- Male geese.
- Birds.
- Looks
- Look-sees
- Looks, slangily