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Birds with 8 letters
Stuck on a crossword or a word game? 13 birds have exactly 8 letters, from “Cardinal” to “Starling”.
Birds that are 8 letters long
- Cardinal
- Cockatoo
- Flamingo
- Grosbeak
- Hamerkop
- Hornbill
- Lyrebird
- Nightjar
- Nuthatch
- Oxpecker
- Pheasant
- Shoebill
- Starling
About this list
- 13 of the 131 birds have exactly 8 letters (10%).
- Most start with C (2), H (2) and N (2).
- Only names of one word are counted, and only their letters: spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are not.
Quick answers
- What are some eight-letter birds?
- 13 of the 131 birds in Icillion have exactly 8 letters, for example Flamingo, Starling and Cardinal.
- Which eight-letter birds start with C?
- C is the most common first letter here, with 2 names, such as Cardinal and Cockatoo.
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