| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ROOSTERS | Male birds | |
| COCKS | Male birds | |
| PEACOCKS | Male birds with colourful tail feathers | |
| COCK | The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. | |
| PIPRA | ...birds belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Pipridae. The male is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. ... | |
| SPECULUM | ...uills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female. ... | |
| WHIDAH BIRD | ...onging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida fi... | |
| RUBYTHROAT | ...nging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic refl... | |
| LYRE BIRD | Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long ... | |