Birds that start with K
12 birds, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of.
- 3 Plankton
- 5 Too Clever
- 4 Schooler
- 0 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.
- Kittiwake
- Small pearl-grey gull of northern regions.
- Kinglet
- Small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice.
- Kingbird
- Large American flycatcher.
- King vulture
- Large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America.
All 12 birds that start with K
Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.
Showing all 12. Tap a name to copy it.
| Name | What it is | Group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| also Apteryx | Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs. | Birds | Plankton | 246K |
| Nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill. | Birds | Plankton | 110K | |
| Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals. | Birds | Plankton | 110K | |
| also Kildeer, Killdeer plover | American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry. | Birds | Too Clever | 74K |
| also Laughing jackass | Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry. | Birds | Too Clever | 74K |
| Small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind. | Birds | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle. | Birds | Too Clever | 22K | |
| Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot. | Birds | Too Clever | 18K | |
| Large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America. | Birds | Schooler | 9.9K | |
| Large American flycatcher. | Birds | Schooler | 6.6K | |
| Small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice. | Birds | Schooler | 5.4K | |
| Small pearl-grey gull of northern regions. | Birds | Schooler | 3.6K |
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Questions about birds that start with K
How many birds start with K?
RareList lists 12 birds that start with K. 3 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and none is rarer than the Schooler tier.
What are common birds that start with K?
The most searched birds starting with K are Kiwi, Kingfisher, Kite, Killdeer and Kookaburra.
Which bird that starts with K is the least searched?
Kittiwake, with about 3.6K US searches a month, which puts it in the Schooler tier. Small pearl-grey gull of northern regions.
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.