Birds that start with F
22 birds, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 5 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.
- 4 Plankton
- 4 Too Clever
- 9 Schooler
- 2 Rare
- 3 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.
- Fairy bluebird
- Fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies.
- Fig-bird
- Greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits.
- Fieldfare
- Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter.
- Fighting cock
- A cock bred and trained for fighting.
- Fish duck
- Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges.
- Field sparrow
- Common North American finch of brushy pasturelands.
All 22 birds that start with F
Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.
Showing all 22. Tap a name to copy it.
| Name | What it is | Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight. | Birds | Plankton | 1M | |
| Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill. | Birds | Plankton | 301K | |
| also Vermillion flycatcher | Tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona. | Birds | Plankton | 246K |
| Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds. | Birds | Plankton | 110K | |
| also Domestic fowl, Poultry | A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl. | Birds | Too Clever | 33K |
| also Man-of-war bird | Long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail. | Birds | Too Clever | 22K |
| also Ratite, Ratite bird | Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches. | Birds | Too Clever | 18K |
| also Old World flycatcher, True flycatcher | Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing. | Birds | Too Clever | 12K |
| also Osprey, Fish eagle | Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years. | Birds | Schooler | 9.9K |
| also Carinate, Carinate bird | Birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles. | Birds | Schooler | 9.9K |
| Insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth. | Birds | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| Of southeast Europe and central Asia. | Birds | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| also Fulmar petrel | Heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions. | Birds | Schooler | 3.6K |
| Common North American finch of brushy pasturelands. | Birds | Schooler | 2.9K | |
| also Merganser, Sawbill | Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges. | Birds | Schooler | 2.4K |
| also Gamecock | A cock bred and trained for fighting. | Birds | Schooler | 1.3K |
| also Snowbird | Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter. | Birds | Schooler | 1K |
| Fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies. | Birds | Rare | 320 | |
| Greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits. | Birds | Rare | 260 | |
| North American dark bluish-grey gallinule. | Birds | Deep Cut | 90 | |
| breed | Fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet. | Birds | Deep Cut | 30 |
| Any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing. | Birds | Deep Cut | 10 |
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Questions about birds that start with F
How many birds start with F?
RareList lists 22 birds that start with F, including 1 breed. 4 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 5 are in the Rare tier or rarer.
What are common birds that start with F?
The most searched birds starting with F are Falcon, Flamingo, Firebird, Finch and Fowl.
What is a rare bird that starts with F?
Flycatching warbler is one of the rarest. Any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Fairy bluebird, Fig-bird and Fieldfare.
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.