Birds that start with P

Q: How many birds start with P?

RareList lists 60 birds that start with P, including 1 breed. 9 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 21 are in the Rare tier or rarer.

Q: What are common birds that start with P?

The most searched birds starting with P are Penguin, Pelican, Parrot, Pigeon and Parakeet.

Q: What is a rare bird that starts with P?

Plain wanderer is one of the rarest. Small Australian bird related to the button quail. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Pectoral sandpiper, Pelagic bird and Puffbird.

Q: 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.

60 birds, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 21 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.

9 Plankton
16 Too Clever
14 Schooler
12 Rare
5 Deep Cut
4 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.

Pectoral sandpiper: American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting. Rare
Pelagic bird: Bird of the open seas. Rare
Puffbird: Brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers. Rare
Purple grackle: Eastern United States grackle. Rare
Peewit: Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs. Rare
Pheasant coucal: Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant. Rare

All 60 birds that start with P

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

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Birds that start with P, with definition, group, rarity tier and monthly searches
Name	What it is	Group
	Short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers.	Birds	Plankton	1M
	Large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish.	Birds	Plankton	450K
	Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds.	Birds	Plankton	246K
	Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs.	Birds	Plankton	246K
also Parrakeet, Parroket, Paraquet	Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.	Birds	Plankton	165K
also Peregrine	A widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry.	Birds	Plankton	135K
	Large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere.	Birds	Plankton	135K
	Any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills.	Birds	Plankton	135K
breed	An American breed of domestic fowl.	Birds	Plankton	110K
also Domestic fowl, Fowl	A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl.	Birds	Too Clever	61K
	Gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct.	Birds	Too Clever	41K
also Phoebe bird	Small dun-colored North American flycatcher.	Birds	Too Clever	41K
	Large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage.	Birds	Too Clever	41K
	Large North American martin of which the male is blue-black.	Birds	Too Clever	41K
	Small Old World gallinaceous game birds.	Birds	Too Clever	33K
	Perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch.	Birds	Too Clever	27K
also Pewee, Peewit, Pewit	Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.	Birds	Too Clever	27K
also Pin-tailed duck	Long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers.	Birds	Too Clever	27K
	North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump.	Birds	Too Clever	27K
	Any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings.	Birds	Too Clever	22K
also Prairie grouse, Prairie fowl	Brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies.	Birds	Too Clever	22K
	Small plover of eastern North America.	Birds	Too Clever	18K
also Bird of Juno	Very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird.	Birds	Too Clever	15K
also Woodpecker, Pecker	Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects.	Birds	Too Clever	12K
also Pine finch	Small finch of North American coniferous forests.	Birds	Too Clever	12K
	White Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage.	Birds	Schooler	8.1K
	Gallinules with showy purplish plumage.	Birds	Schooler	8.1K
	Relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land.	Birds	Schooler	6.6K
	American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill.	Birds	Schooler	6.6K
	Large grosbeak of coniferous forests of Old and New Worlds.	Birds	Schooler	5.4K
	Crested grey-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico.	Birds	Schooler	5.4K
also Titlark	A songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country.	Birds	Schooler	4.4K
	Any bird of the genus Pitta.	Birds	Schooler	2.9K
	Small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers.	Birds	Schooler	2.4K
	Northern Pacific guillemot.	Birds	Schooler	2.4K
also Pouter	One of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out.	Birds	Schooler	2.4K
also Arctic skua	A variety of jaeger.	Birds	Schooler	1.3K
	Goatsucker of western North America.	Birds	Schooler	1.3K
	Heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head.	Birds	Schooler	1K
	American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting.	Birds	Rare	880
also Oceanic bird	Bird of the open seas.	Birds	Rare	590
	Brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers.	Birds	Rare	590
	Eastern United States grackle.	Birds	Rare	590
also Lapwing, Green plover, Pewit	Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs.	Birds	Rare	480
also Pheasant cuckoo	Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant.	Birds	Rare	480
	Most primitive avian type known.	Birds	Rare	390
also Glareole	Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs.	Birds	Rare	320
also Rose-colored starling, Rose-colored pastor, Pastor sturnus	Glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen.	Birds	Rare	260
	Small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers.	Birds	Rare	170
	Popular Australian game bird.	Birds	Rare	140
also Piping crow-shrike	Crow-sized black-and-white bird.	Birds	Rare	110
	Eurasiatic sandgrouse with a black patch on the belly.	Birds	Deep Cut	70
also Pin-tailed grouse	Sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers.	Birds	Deep Cut	70
	A kind of guan.	Birds	Deep Cut	50
	Sandgrouse of India.	Birds	Deep Cut	40
	Small Australian bird related to the button quail.	Birds	Deep Cut	10
	Aquatic birds related to the loons.	Birds	One in a Krillion	<10
	A tame parrot.	Birds	One in a Krillion	<10
	Tattler of Pacific coastal regions.	Birds	One in a Krillion	<10
	Large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas.	Birds	One in a Krillion	<10

Questions about birds that start with P

How many birds start with P?

RareList lists 60 birds that start with P, including 1 breed. 9 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 21 are in the Rare tier or rarer.

What are common birds that start with P?

The most searched birds starting with P are Penguin, Pelican, Parrot, Pigeon and Parakeet.

What is a rare bird that starts with P?

Plain wanderer is one of the rarest. Small Australian bird related to the button quail. It gets about 10 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Pectoral sandpiper, Pelagic bird and Puffbird.

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.