Birds that start with Y

9 birds, sorted from the ones everyone says first to the ones almost nobody thinks of. 2 of them are in the Rare tier or rarer.

0 Plankton
3 Too Clever
4 Schooler
2 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. Rare
Yellow-breasted bunting: Common in Russia and Siberia. Rare
Yellowlegs: Either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs. Schooler
Yellowhammer: European bunting the male being bright yellow. Schooler

All 9 birds that start with Y

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

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Birds that start with Y, with definition, group, rarity tier and monthly searches
Name	What it is	Group
also New World goldfinch	American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer.	Birds	Too Clever	33K
	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
	Large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail.	Birds	Schooler	2.4K
	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
	Common in Russia and Siberia.	Birds	Rare	210

Questions about birds that start with Y

How many birds start with Y?

RareList lists 9 birds that start with Y. 0 are in the Plankton tier, the names everyone knows, and 2 are in the Rare tier or rarer.

What are common birds that start with Y?

The most searched birds starting with Y are Yellowbird, Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Yellow-crowned night heron, Yellowhammer and Yellow-breasted chat.

What is a rare bird that starts with Y?

Yellow-breasted bunting is one of the rarest. Common in Russia and Siberia. It gets about 210 US searches a month. Other rare picks: Yellowthroat, Yellowlegs and Yellowhammer.

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.