78 birds in total. They’re all birds

First day of Christmas: 1 partridge in a pear tree

Second day of Christmas: 2 turtledoves

Third day of Christmas: 3 French hens

Fourth day of Christmas: 4 calling birds (blackbirds)

Fifth day of Christmas: 5 golden rings (pheasants)

Sixth day of Christmas: 6 geese a-laying

Seventh day of Christmas: 7 swans a-swimming

Eighth day of Christmas: 8 maids a-milking (magpies or cattle egret)

Ninth day of Christmas: 9 ladies dancing (lapwings)

Tenth day of Christmas: 10 lords a-leaping (cuckoos)

Eleventh day of Christmas: 11 pipers piping (sandpipers)

Twelfth day of Christmas: 12 drummers drumming (ruffled grouse)