How many seabirds start with S?

15 of the 128 seabirds in Icillion start with S, for example Shag, Sandwich Tern and Sabine's Gull.

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

The longest is “Short-tailed Shearwater” and the shortest is “Shag”.

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Looking for seabirds that begin with S? Here are 15 of them in alphabetical order, from “Sabine's Gull” to “Swinhoe's Storm Petrel”.

S is the 2nd most common first letter in this list: 15 of the 128 seabirds (12%).
Shortest: “Shag”. Longest: “Short-tailed Shearwater”.
14 names have more than one word.
1 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.

How many seabirds start with S?: 15 of the 128 seabirds in Icillion start with S, for example Shag, Sandwich Tern and Sabine's Gull.
What is the longest name among seabirds that start with S?: The longest is “Short-tailed Shearwater” and the shortest is “Shag”.

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