On the first day of christmas, my true love sent to me
a buff-throated warbling finch in a mangrove tree.

On the second day of christmas, my true love sent to me
two new zealand grebes,
and a buff-throated warbling finch in a mangrove tree.

On the third day of christmas, my true love sent to me
three drab whistlers,
two new zealand grebes,
and a buff-throated warbling finch in a mangrove tree.

On the fourth day of christmas, my true love sent to me
four spectacled parrotlets,
three drab whistlers,
two new zealand grebes,
and a buff-throated warbling finch in a mangrove tree.

On the fifth day of christmas, my true love sent to me
five red-fronted lorikeets,
four spectacled parrotlets,
three drab whistlers,
two new zealand grebes,
and a buff-throated warbling finch in a mangrove tree.

On the sixth day of christmas, my true love sent to me
six stripe-breasted wrens,
five red-fronted lorikeets,
four spectacled parrotlets,
three drab whistlers,
two new zealand grebes,
and a buff-throated warbling finch in a mangrove tree.

On the seventh day of christmas, my true love sent to me
seven sooty-fronted spinetails,
six stripe-breasted wrens,
five red-fronted lorikeets,
four spectacled parrotlets,
three drab whistlers,
two new zealand grebes,
and a buff-throated warbling finch in a mangrove tree.

On the eight day of christmas, my true love sent to me
eight yellow-bellied tyrannulets,
seven sooty-fronted spinetails,
six stripe-breasted wrens,
five red-fronted lorikeets,
four spectacled parrotlets,
three drab whistlers,
two new zealand grebes,
and a buff-throated warbling finch in a mangrove tree.

On the ninth day of christmas, my true love sent to me
nine przevalski's finches,
eight yellow-bellied tyrannulets,
seven sooty-fronted spinetails,
six stripe-breasted wrens,
five red-fronted lorikeets,
four spectacled parrotlets,
three drab whistlers,
two new zealand grebes,
and a buff-throated warbling finch in a mangrove tree.

On the tenth day of christmas, my true love sent to me
ten claret-breasted fruit doves,
nine przevalski's finches,
eight yellow-bellied tyrannulets,
seven sooty-fronted spinetails,
six stripe-breasted wrens,
five red-fronted lorikeets,
four spectacled parrotlets,
three drab whistlers,
two new zealand grebes,
and a buff-throated warbling finch in a mangrove tree.

On the eleventh day of christmas, my true love sent to me
eleven yellowheads,
ten claret-breasted fruit doves,
nine przevalski's finches,
eight yellow-bellied tyrannulets,
seven sooty-fronted spinetails,
six stripe-breasted wrens,
five red-fronted lorikeets,
four spectacled parrotlets,
three drab whistlers,
two new zealand grebes,
and a buff-throated warbling finch in a mangrove tree.

On the twelfth day of christmas, my true love sent to me
twelve least terns,
eleven yellowheads,
ten claret-breasted fruit doves,
nine przevalski's finches,
eight yellow-bellied tyrannulets,
seven sooty-fronted spinetails,
six stripe-breasted wrens,
five red-fronted lorikeets,
four spectacled parrotlets,
three drab whistlers,
two new zealand grebes,
and a buff-throated warbling finch in a mangrove tree.