Animals that start with Y

25 animals, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 7 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.

3 Plankton
6 Too Clever
9 Schooler
7 Rare
0 Deep Cut
0 One in a Krillion

Rare but real

Names that are easy to defend and hard to guess. Good when you need an answer no one else will have.

Yellowthroat: Small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat. Birds, Rare
Yellowtail flounder: American flounder having a yellowish tail. Fish, Rare
Yosemite toad: Of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders. Amphibians, Rare
Yellow goatfish: Schooling goatfish. Fish, Rare
Yellowfin mojarra: Popular panfish from Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Fish, Rare
Yellowlegs: Either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs. Birds, Schooler

All 25 animals that start with Y

Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.

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Animals that start with Y, with definition, group, rarity tier and monthly searches
Name	What it is	Group
also Yellow hornet	Small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground.	Insects	Plankton	550K
breed	Very small breed having a long glossy coat of bluish-grey and tan.	Mammals	Plankton	165K
	Large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated.	Mammals	Plankton	135K
also Yellowfin	May reach 400 pounds.	Fish	Too Clever	50K
also Yellowtail snapper	Superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail.	Fish	Too Clever	41K
also New World goldfinch	American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer.	Birds	Too Clever	33K
	North American perch.	Fish	Too Clever	22K
	Eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen.	Birds	Too Clever	18K
	North American night heron.	Birds	Too Clever	15K
also Yellow bunting	European bunting the male being bright yellow.	Birds	Schooler	8.1K
	American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds.	Birds	Schooler	6.6K
	North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass.	Fish	Schooler	5.4K
	Large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma.	Mammals	Schooler	4.4K
	Fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.	Fish	Schooler	3.6K
	Mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue.	Insects	Schooler	2.9K
	Large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail.	Birds	Schooler	2.4K
also Surffish, Surf fish	A fish of the Pacific coast of North America.	Fish	Schooler	1.6K
	Either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs.	Birds	Schooler	1.3K
	Small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat.	Birds	Rare	880
	American flounder having a yellowish tail.	Fish	Rare	480
	Of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders.	Amphibians	Rare	480
	Schooling goatfish.	Fish	Rare	260
	Popular panfish from Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil.	Fish	Rare	260
	Freshwater turtle of United States and South America.	Reptiles	Rare	210
	Common in Russia and Siberia.	Birds	Rare	210

Questions about animals that start with Y

How many animals start with Y?

RareList lists 25 animals that start with Y, including 1 breed. 3 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 7 are in the Rare tier or rarer.

What are common animals that start with Y?

The most searched animals starting with Y are Yellow jacket, Yak, Yellowfin tuna, Yellowtail and Yellowbird.

What is a rare animal that starts with Y?

Yellow-bellied terrapin is one of the rarest. Freshwater turtle of United States and South America. It gets about 210 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Yellowthroat, Yellowtail flounder and Yosemite toad.

How does RareList decide what counts as rare?

Each name is ranked by its average monthly Google searches in the United States. Fewer searches means fewer people are likely to think of it, which is what matters in games that reward unique answers. See how we rank for the details.