| ORIOLE | Colourful songbird that might be silver, golden or green (6) |
| AGOG | All ears are golden - or green first of all |
| YMOTH | Flying insect that might be silver or golden (1,4) |
| THEBELLS | Poe poem describing its subjects as silver, golden, brazen, and iron |
| TABBY | Sticker alongside that might be silver (5) |
| MARMOSET | Monkey that might be "silvery" |
| YELLOWTIT | Colourful songbird of Taiwan, Machlolophus holsti (6,3) |
| REDWARBLER | Colourful songbird of the Mexican mountains (3,7) |
| FINCH | Smallish, colourful songbird (5) |
| LINING | It might be silver |
| BULBUL | Songbird that may be bare-faced or hairy-backed (6) |
| BLUEBIRD | Colourful American songbird that might be eastern, western or mountain (8) |
| DIPPER | Small songbird that feeds in fast-running streams (6) |
| VIREO | New World songbird that might be red-eyed or flat-billed (5) |
| WAGTAIL | Songbird that might be pied or yellow (7) |
| FLYCATCHER | Songbird that might be pied or spotted (10) |
| SPARROWS | Gregarious songbirds that might be tree or house (8) |
| SYLVIA | From the Latin for "wood", the genus of small songbirds that includes the blackcaps, garden warblers and whitethroats (6) |
| HOUNDS | Afghan ____, dogs identified by their coats of long, silky golden or red hair (6) |
| LAGERS | They're usually golden or amber |
