Collective nouns for animals

 Birds
 Fish, invertebrates, and
plants
 Reptiles and
amphibians

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Bird Collective noun Source/Origin
birds A flock of birds
A dissimulation of
birds (small) Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
birds
bitterns A siege of bitterns Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
chickens A peep of chickens Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
hens A brood of hens Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
choughs (i.e. A clattering of John Lydgate Debate between the Horse, Goose and Sheep;
jackdaws) choughs Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
coots A covert of coots Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
cranes A herd of cranes Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
[1][2][3][4][5]
crows A murder of crows
curlews A herd of curlews Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
[6]
dotterel A trip of dotterel
A dole/dule of
doves Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
doves
doves A flight of doves Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
ducks A badling of ducks Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
A charm of
goldfinches Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
goldfinches
geese A gaggle of geese Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
A flight of
goshawks Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
goshawks
Shot-gun and Sunlight - The Game Birds of East Africa By
A rasp of guinea
guinea fowl Lieut.-Colonel B. G. Lynn-Allen Published by Batchworth
fowl
Press in 1951
A cast of (tame)
hawks Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
hawks (=2)
A lease of (tame)
hawks Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
hawks (=3)
herons A siege of herons Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
jackdaws A clattering of G. W Lemon English Etymology[7]
 jackdaws
jackdaws A train of jackdaws Gilbert White The Natural History of Selborne[8]
A desert of
lapwings Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
lapwings
An exaltation of
larks Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
larks
A musket of
lyrebirds G. W Lemon English Etymology[9]
lyrebirds
A tidings of
magpies Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
magpies
mallards A sute of mallards Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
mallards A sord of mallards Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
A watch of
nightingales Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
nightingales
A parliament of
owls Oxford English Dictionary
owls
A covey of
partridges Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
partridges
A muster of
peafowls Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
peafowl
A nide of [10]
pheasants
pheasants
pheasants A nye of pheasants Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
A congregation of
plovers Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
plovers
quail A bevy of quail Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
ravens A murder of ravens Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
rooks A building of rooks Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
A walk or wisp of
snipe Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
snipe
sparrows A host of sparrows Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
A murmuration of
starlings Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
starlings
A flight of
swallows Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
swallows
swans A herd of swans Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
swans An eyrar of swans Oxford English Dictionary
teal A spring of teal Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
A dole/dule of
turtle doves Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
turtledoves
A venue of
vultures unknown
vultures
vultures A kettle of vultures [11]
(circling)
A fall of
woodcocks Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans
woodcocks
wrens A herd of wrens Juliana Berners Book of St. Albans