Birds that start with T

39 birds, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 6 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.

6 Plankton
8 Too Clever
19 Schooler
6 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.

Thick-billed murre: A variety of murre. Rare
Thickhead: Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call. Rare
Thrush nightingale: Large nightingale of eastern Europe. Rare
Thornbill: Any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill. Rare
Tree swift: Birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees. Rare
Tyrant flycatcher: Large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing. Schooler

All 39 birds that start with T

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

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Birds that start with T, with definition, group, rarity tier and monthly searches
Name	What it is	Group
breed	Large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail.	Birds	Plankton	823K
	Any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America.	Birds	Plankton	368K
also Titmouse	Small insectivorous birds.	Birds	Plankton	368K
	Songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast.	Birds	Plankton	135K
	Brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak.	Birds	Plankton	135K
also Buzzard, Turkey vulture	A New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States.	Birds	Plankton	135K
	Crested titmouse of eastern and midwestern United States.	Birds	Too Clever	74K
also Mocking thrush	Thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs.	Birds	Too Clever	50K
	Any of several Old World wild doves.	Birds	Too Clever	33K
	Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail.	Birds	Too Clever	27K
also Tree martin	Of Australia and Polynesia.	Birds	Too Clever	18K
	Large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry.	Birds	Too Clever	18K
	Reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes.	Birds	Too Clever	15K
	Any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males.	Birds	Too Clever	12K
	Swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds.	Birds	Schooler	9.9K
	Any of numerous long-tailed American finches.	Birds	Schooler	8.1K
also Boatswain bird	Mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land.	Birds	Schooler	8.1K
also Notornis	Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.	Birds	Schooler	6.6K
	Northern Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye.	Birds	Schooler	6.6K
	Tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest.	Birds	Schooler	4.4K
also Touraco, Turacou, Turakoo	Large brightly crested bird of Africa.	Birds	Schooler	4.4K
	Heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds.	Birds	Schooler	3.6K
	Tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill.	Birds	Schooler	3.6K
also Blue tit	Widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head.	Birds	Schooler	3.6K
	Forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails.	Birds	Schooler	2.9K
	Small toucan.	Birds	Schooler	2.4K
	Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow.	Birds	Schooler	2.4K
	Migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food.	Birds	Schooler	2.4K
breed	Pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground.	Birds	Schooler	1.6K
	Brownish eagle of Africa and parts of Asia.	Birds	Schooler	1.3K
	Brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head.	Birds	Schooler	1.3K
	Any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet.	Birds	Schooler	1.3K
also New World flycatcher, Flycatcher	Large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing.	Birds	Schooler	1K
	A variety of murre.	Birds	Rare	880
	Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call.	Birds	Rare	720
also Stone curlew	Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint.	Birds	Rare	590
	Large nightingale of eastern Europe.	Birds	Rare	480
	Any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill.	Birds	Rare	210
also Crested swift	Birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees.	Birds	Rare	170

Questions about birds that start with T

How many birds start with T?

RareList lists 39 birds that start with T, including 2 breeds. 6 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 6 are in the Rare tier or rarer.

What are common birds that start with T?

The most searched birds starting with T are Teal, Tit, Thrush, Toucan and Turkey buzzard.

What is a rare bird that starts with T?

Tree swift is one of the rarest. Birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees. It gets about 170 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Thick-billed murre, Thickhead and Thrush nightingale.

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.