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British and Irish birds that start with C
The full list of British and Irish birds starting with C: 38 names, taken from the 401 answers to “Name a bird you might see in Britain or Ireland” in Icillion.
British and Irish birds that begin with C
- Calandra Lark
- Canada Goosealso Goose
- Capercaillie
- Carrion Crowalso Crow
- Caspian Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Cattle Egret
- Cetti's Warbler
- Chaffinch
- Chiffchaff
- Chough
- Cirl Bunting
- Citrine Wagtail
- Coal Tit
- Collared Dovealso Dove
- Collared Flycatcher
- Collared Pratincole
- Common Buzzardalso Buzzard
- Common Cranealso Crane
- Common Crossbillalso Crossbill
- Common Eideralso Eider
- Common Gull
- Common Redstartalso Redstart
- Common Sandpiperalso Sandpiper
- Common Scoter
- Common Snipealso Snipe
- Common Tern
- Common Whitethroatalso Whitethroat
- Coot
- Cormorant
- Corn Bunting
- Corncrake
- Cory's Shearwater
- Crag Martin
- Crested Tit
- Cuckoo
- Curlew
- Curlew Sandpiper
About this list
- C is the 5th most common first letter in this list: 38 of the 401 British and Irish birds (9%).
- Shortest: “Coot”. Longest: “Collared Pratincole”.
- 29 names have more than one word.
- 11 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many British and Irish birds start with C?
- 38 of the 401 British and Irish birds in Icillion start with C, for example Carrion Crow, Chaffinch and Collared Dove.
- What is the longest name among British and Irish birds that start with C?
- The longest is “Collared Pratincole” and the shortest is “Coot”.
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