How many North American birds start with M?

28 of the 635 North American birds in Icillion start with M, for example Mallard, Mourning Dove and Mountain Bluebird.

What is the longest name among North American birds that start with M?

The longest is “Magnificent Hummingbird” and the shortest is “Merlin”.

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28 North American birds start with M, from “MacGillivray's Warbler” to “Mourning Warbler”. Every one of them counts as an answer in Icillion.

M is the 10th most common first letter in this list: 28 of the 635 North American birds (4%).
Shortest: “Merlin”. Longest: “Magnificent Hummingbird”.
26 names have more than one word.
3 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.

How many North American birds start with M?: 28 of the 635 North American birds in Icillion start with M, for example Mallard, Mourning Dove and Mountain Bluebird.
What is the longest name among North American birds that start with M?: The longest is “Magnificent Hummingbird” and the shortest is “Merlin”.

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