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North American birds that start with F
Looking for North American birds that begin with F? Here are 14 of them in alphabetical order, from “Ferruginous Hawk” to “Fulvous Whistling-Duck”.
All 14 North American birds that start with F
- Ferruginous Hawk
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
- Field Sparrow
- Fish Crow
- Five-striped Sparrow
- Flame-colored Tanager
- Flamingoalso American Flamingo
- Flammulated Owl
- Florida Scrub-Jay
- Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
- Forster's Tern
- Fox Sparrow
- Franklin's Gull
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
About this list
- F is the 15th most common first letter in this list: 14 of the 635 North American birds (2%).
- Shortest: “Flamingo”. Longest: “Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel”.
- 13 names have more than one word.
- 1 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many North American birds start with F?
- 14 of the 635 North American birds in Icillion start with F, for example Flamingo, Fox Sparrow and Field Sparrow.
- What is the longest name among North American birds that start with F?
- The longest is “Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel” and the shortest is “Flamingo”.
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