Bird of black plumage, often living in caves or on cliff faces Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Bird of black plumage, often living in caves or on cliff faces last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CHOUGH.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CHOUGH Bird of black plumage, often living in caves or on cliff faces (6) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 31, 2019
5% CROW Black bird (4) (4) Mirror Quick Nov 14, 2025
5% ORIOLE Black-and-orange bird (6) Newsday Oct 14, 2025
5% RAVENS Black birds (6) Eugene Sheffer Sep 16, 2025
5% STORK Large wading bird typically with a black and white plumage (5) (5) Mirror Quiz Aug 12, 2025
5% AUK Diving bird of northern oceans with a black and white plumage (3) (3) Mirror Quiz Aug 6, 2025
4% ACHOO Exclamation often made while covering the face (5) New York Times Nov 15, 2025
4% GROTTOES Caves (8) New York Times Nov 13, 2025
4% BAT One flies in a cave (3) Universal Nov 12, 2025
4% BARRIER Black bird first to leave fence (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 11, 2025

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