Complete Clue List
Across
1. Another name for a New Zealand creeper
4. Particularly talkative bird
8. Japanese beds (from which you might see a copper pheasant)
10. Moves stealthily - like a pheasant avoiding a hunt
11. Egyptian plovers can be found in this West African nation
12. Bird of New Guinea that has poisonous feathers
14. Belgian city - not as overrun by parrakeets as Brussels
17. The palila is ___ species of Hawaiian honeycreeper
18. Clumsy, useless (like a partridge riding a bicycle)
20. Neckwear
21. Purple, pied and Pacific reef are all species of these wading birds (pl.)
23. Hollow lower parts of feather shafts (pl.)
25. Birds tend to perch rather than do this
27. South American bird belonging to Phytotoma genus
31. Opus ___, Catholic organisation
32. Sea eagle (alt. sp.)
33. ___ peafowl (Pavo muticus)
34. Large southern US state (you might see a prairie chicken here)
35. ___ bird - not a bird, actually culinary equipment
36. Make a mistake
38. Blue, unhappy
39. French city - home to 27 down
40. One of two Pacific species of 1 down
Down
1. Small auk with brightly-coloured bill
2. New World bird also called poor-me-ones
3. Flightless birds that are good at swimming
5. Non-Pacific species of 1 down
6. Refresh, replace
7. First month of civil year in Jewish calendar (alt. sp.)
9. A tibiotarsus is a bird's ___ bone
10. Quick photo of a ptarmigan?
12. Species of diving duck
13. Result of crying (sing.)
15. Mount ___; Sicilian volcano
16. Seabird with large throat pouch
19. Moral principle
22. Palau, Pel's fishing and powerful are all species of this bird
24. ___ Peacock, Scottish footballer who once played for Manchester City
25. Smells awful (like a colony of 3 down)
26. One of two Pacific species of 1 down
27. Common urban bird with noted homing abilities
28. Antarctic species of 3 down
29. Posh menswear associated with 3 down
30. Stitched again
35. Female swan
37. ___ phalarope, Arctic wading bird