Non-Passerine Birds

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Across
  1. 3. Sharp bill, elongate body, blocky head, 3 webbed toes well back on body
  2. 5. Webbing joins all four toes, hook at bill tip
  3. 6. Hook-billed, round-headed, two toes forward two back
  4. 9. long-legged, long toed, decurved bill, flexible neck
  5. 11. Long wings, soaring flight, expels salt through tubular nostrils
  6. 12. Smaller than loons with longer neck, lobed
  7. 16. Subclass including ducks, geese, swans, and chicken-like birds
  8. 17. Two front toes and two back, hooked bills, facial disk
  9. 18. Shorebird Suborder
  10. 20. Generally long-necked, with three webbed toes, and a "duck bill"
  11. 22. Brightly coloured, long tail, short bill, large eyes
  12. 25. Diurnal bird of prey, hooked bill
  13. 26. suborder: gull, tern, jaegers, skimmers, and alcids
  14. 27. Large crested head, large bill, small feet, 3rd & 4th toe partly share skin
  15. 29. long tails, crested head, sharp bill
Down
  1. 1. Sub-class of living birds, includes the loon
  2. 2. Slender, pointed wings, diurnal raptor, hooked bill
  3. 4. Large mouth, tiny bill, mottled brown, white patches on wings/tail
  4. 5. Long-legged, long-necked, down-turned bills
  5. 7. Small head, bill, and head-bobbing walking style
  6. 8. fly with outstretched necks, bustle of tertial feathers
  7. 10. Slender, thrush-like bird with long tails and pointed bills
  8. 13. Gull order
  9. 14. Hummingbirds and Swifts
  10. 15. Living bird class
  11. 16. Short bills, stout bodies, and relatively short legs
  12. 19. another shorebird suborder
  13. 21. Cuckoos, Anis, and Roadrunner
  14. 23. Colourful bare skin patch
  15. 24. Chisel-shaped bill, two toes forward and two back, stiff tail feathers
  16. 28. black, with deep bills