How many seabirds start with C?

12 of the 128 seabirds in Icillion start with C, for example Cormorant, Common Gull and Common Tern.

What is the longest name among seabirds that start with C?

The longest is “Christmas Island Frigatebird” and the shortest is “Cormorant”.

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Looking for seabirds that begin with C? Here are 12 of them in alphabetical order, from “California Gull” to “Crested Auklet”.

C is the 3rd most common first letter in this list: 12 of the 128 seabirds (9%).
Shortest: “Cormorant”. Longest: “Christmas Island Frigatebird”.
11 names have more than one word.
2 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.

How many seabirds start with C?: 12 of the 128 seabirds in Icillion start with C, for example Cormorant, Common Gull and Common Tern.
What is the longest name among seabirds that start with C?: The longest is “Christmas Island Frigatebird” and the shortest is “Cormorant”.

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