Birds

(alternatives in brackets)

A colony of auks (flock, raft) A fleet of mudhens

A colony of avocets A watch of nightingales (match, pray)
A flock of birds (dissimulation, fleet, flight, parcel, pod, volary, ) A pride of ostriches (flock)
A sedge of bitterns (siege) A parliament of owls (stare)
A chain of bobolinks A fling of oxbirds
A bellowing of bullfinches A company of parrots (flock, pandemonium, psittacosis)
A flock of bustards A covey of partridges (bevy, bew, clutch, warren)
A wake of buzzards A muster of peacocks (ostentation, pride)
A tok of capercaillies A pod of pelicans (scoop)
A muse of capons A colony of penguins (parcel, rookery)
A brood of chickens (cletch, clutch, peep) A cadge of peregrines
A chattering of choughs (clattering) A nye of pheasants (bouquet, head, nide, warren, )
A covert of coots ( commotion, cover, fleet, flock, pod, rasp, swarm) A flight of pigeons (flock, kit, passel, )
A flight of cormorants (gulp) A knob of pintails [small number]
A sedge of cranes (herd, sedge, siege) A congregation of plovers (band, flight, leash, stand, wing)
A murder of crows ( hover, muster, parcel) A rush of pochards (flight, knob[small number])
A head of curlews (herd) A run of poultry
A trip of dotterels A covey of ptarmigans
A dole of doves ( dule, flight, piteousness, pitying, prettying) A bevy of quails (covey, drift)
A flush of ducks (badelynge, brace, bunch, dopping, flock, paddling, An unkindness of ravens (aerie, conspiracy)
plump, raft, safe, skein, sord, string, team) A crowd of redwings
A flight of dunbirds (rush) A parliament of rooks (building, clamour, congregation, shoal, wing)
A fling of dunlins A hill of ruffs
A convocation of eagles (aerie) A fling of sandpipers
A cast of falcons A cloud of seafowls
A charm of finches (chirm, trembling, trimming) A squabble of seagulls
A stand of flamingos A dopping of sheldrakes (doading)
A gaggle of geese (flock, plump, skein, team, wedge) A walk of snipes (wisp)
A charm of goldfinches (chattering, drum, troubling) A host of sparrows (meinie, quarrel, tribe, ubiquity)
A dopping of goosanders A murmuration of starlings (chattering, cloud, congregation, clutter)
A flight of goshawks A mustering of storks (flight, phalanx)
A covey of grouse (brace, brood, flight, pack) A flight of swallows (gulp)
A bazaar of guillemots A herd of swans (bank, bevy, drift, eyrar, game, herd, lamentation,
A colony of gulls sownder, squadron, team, wedge, whiteness, whiting)
A mews of hawks (aerie, cast, kettle, mew, moulting, screw, stream) A flock of swifts
A brood of hens A spring of teals (bunch, coil, knob, raft)
A sedge of herons (flight, hedge, rookery, siege) A mutation of thrushes
A charm of hummingbirds (chattering, drum, troubling) A flock of turkeys (dole, dule, raffle, raft, rafter, posse)
A colony of ibises A pitying of turtledoves
A band of jays (party, scold) A colony of vultures (committee, wake)
A desert of lapwings (deceit) A plump of waterfowls (bunch, knob, raft)
A parcel of linnets A company of widgeons (bunch, coil, flight, knob, trip)
An exaltation of larks (ascension, bevy, flight) A trip of wildfowls (bunch, knob, lute, plump,scry, skein, sord, sute)
A congregation of magpies (charm, flock, gulp, murder, tiding, A fall of woodcocks (covey, flight, plump)
tittering, tribe, ) A descent of woodpeckers
A sord of mallards (flush, puddling, sute) A herd of wrens (flock)
A plump of moorhens

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Mammals
(alternatives in brackets)

A cluster of antelopes (herd, tribe) A husk of jackrabbits

A shrewdness of apes (troop) A mob of kangaroos (troop)
A pace of asses (drove, coffle, herd) A kindle of kittens (litter)
A flange of baboons (congress, troop) A fall of lambs
A cete of badgers (colony) A leap of leopards (lepe)
A cloud of bats (colony) A kindle of leverets
A sloth of bears (sleuth) A pride of lions (flock, sault, sawt, sowse, troop)
A colony of beavers (family, lodge) A herd of llamas
A herd of bisons (gang) A stud of mares
A sute of bloodhounds A richness of martens (richesse)
A herd of boars (singular) A mischief of mice (horde, nest, trip)
A sounder of (wild) boars [12+] A labour of moles (company, movement)
A herd of bucks (leash) A band of mongooses (pack)
A gang of buffalos (herd, obstinacy) A troop of monkeys (cartload, mission, tribe, wilderness)
A drove of bullocks A herd of moose
A flock of camels (caravan, herd, train) A barren of mules (pack, rake, span)
A herd of caribous A family of otters (bevy, raft, romp)
A clowder of cats (glaring, cluster, clutter) A team of oxen (drove, herd, meinie, span, yoke)
A destruction of (wild) cats (dout, dowt) A pomp of pekingese
A herd of cattle (drift, drove, mob) A drove of pigs (drift, flock, herd)
A herd of chamois A doylt of (tame) pigs
A coalition of cheetahs A sounder of (wild) pigs
A colony of chinchillas A farrow of piglets (litter)
A rake of colts (rack, rag) An aurora of polar bears (pack)
A bury of conies (game) A chine of polecats
A flink of cows [12+] A string of ponies (herd)
A pack of coyotes (band, rout) A prickle of porcupines
A litter of cubs A school of porpoises (herd, pod)
A cowardice of curs A coterie of prairie dogs (town)
A herd of deers (bunch, leash, mob, parcel, rangale) A litter of pups
A pack of dogs (kennel) A colony of rabbits (bury, drove, flick, kindle, leash, nest, trace, warren,
A pod of dolphins (flock, school, team) wrack)
A herd of donkeys (drove) A field of racehorses (string)
A herd of elands A nursery of raccoons (gaze)
A herd of elephants (parade) A colony of rats (horde, mischief, swarm)
A gang of elks (herd) A crash of rhinoceroses (herd, stubbornness)
A business of ferrets (cast, fesnying) A bevy of roe deers
A skulk of foxes (earth, lead, leash, troop) A colony of seals (harem, herd, pod, rookery, spring)
A brace of geldings A flock of sheep (down, drift, drove, fold, herd, meinie, mob, parcel, trip)
A horde of gerbils A surfeit of skunks
A journey of giraffes (corps, group, herd, tower) A dray of squirrels (colony)
A herd of gnus (implausibility) A pack of stoats (trip)
A trip of goats (flock, herd, trip, tribe) A drove of swine (herd)
A band of gorillas (whoop) A doylt of (tame) swine (drift, trip)
A leash of greyhounds A sounder of (wild) swine [12+]
A group of guinea pigs An ambush of tigers (streak)
A horde of hamsters A blessing of unicorns
A drove of hares (down, flick, herd, husk, kindle, leash, trace, A colony of voles
trip) A huddle of walruses (herd, ugly)
A herd of harts A mob of wallabyies
A herd of hartebeests A sneak of weasels (gang, pack)
A array of hedgehogs (prickle) A grind of bottle-nosed whales
A parcel of hinds A school of whales (float, gam, herd, mob, pod, run, shoal, troup)
A bloat of hippopotami (crash, herd, pod, school, thunder) A destruction of wildcats (dout)
A drift of hogs (drove, parcel) A herd of wildebeests
A stable of horses (drove, harras, herd, remuda, string, stud, A pack of wolves (herd, rout)
team) A mob of wombats
A pack of hounds (cry, hunt, kennel, leash, meet, mute, stable, A herd of yaks
sute) A cohort of zebras (herd, zeal)
A clan of hyenas
A herd of ibexes
A couple of impalas

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Invertebrates
(alternatives in brackets)

A culture of bacteria A clew of worms

A stuck of jellyfish (fluther, smack, smuth)

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Insects and Arachnids

(alternatives in brackets)

A colony of ants (army, bike, swarm) A bike of hornets (nest, swarm)

A swarm of bees (bike, cast, cluster, drift, erst, game, grist, hive, rabble, stand) A flight of insects (horde, plague, rabble, swarm)
A bike of (wild) bees A flock of lice (colony, infestation)
A flight of butterflies (kaleidoscope, rabble, swarm) A plague of locusts (cloud, swarm)
An army of caterpillars A scourge of mosquitoes (swarm)
An intrusion of cockroaches A clutter of spiders (cluster)
A swarm of flies (business, cloud, grist, hatch) A colony of termites (swarm)
A cloud of gnats (horde, rabble, swarm) A colony of wasps (bike, nest)
A cloud of grasshoppers (cluster, swarm)

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Molluscs

A bed of clams A bed of oysters (hive)

A bed of cockles An escargatoire of snails (rout, walk)
A bed of mussels

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Fish
(alternatives in brackets)
A company of angel fish A pack of perch
A company of archer fish A shoal of pilchards (school)
A battery of barracudas A cluster of porcupine fish
A shoal of barbels A party of rainbow fish
A fleet of bass (shoal) A shoal of roach
A grind of blackfish A bind of salmons(draught, leap, run, school, shoal)
A school of butterfly fish A family of sardines
A school of cod A herd of seahorses
A swarm of dragonet fish A shoal of shads
A troop of dogfish A shiver of sharks (school, shoal)
A swarm of eels A troupe of shrimps
A shoal of fish (catch, draught, fray, haul, run, school) A quantity of smelts
A glide of flying fish A shoal of sticklebacks (spread)
A glint of goldfish (troubling) A flotilla of swordfish
A glean of herrings (army, shoal) A hover of trouts (shoal)
A shoal of mackerels A float of tunas (troup)
A shoal of minnows (steam, stream, swarm) A pod of whitings

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Amphibians and Reptiles

(alternatives in brackets)

A quiver of cobras A rhumba of rattlesnakes

A bask of crocodiles (congregation, float, nest) A den of snakes (bed, knot, nest, pit, trogle)
A herd of dinosaurs (pack) A knot of toads (knob, nest)
A flight of dragons (weyr, wing) A bale of turtles (dule, turn)
An army of frogs (colony, froggery, knot) A nest of vipers (generation)
A mess of iguanas

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People
(alternatives in brackets)

A faculty of academics An eloquence of lawyers

A troupe of acrobats A colony of lepers
A cast of actors/players (company, cry) An audience of listeners
A bench of aldermen An illusion of magicians
A conflagration of arsonists A bench of magistrates
A troupe of artistes A riches of matrons
A team of athletes A morbidity of majors
A tabernacle of bakers A band of men
A babble of barbers A faith of merchants
A promise of barmen A diligence of messengers
A thought of barons A troupe of minstrels
A squad of beaters A side of morris dancers
A bevy of beauties (galaxy) A cortege of mourners
A bench of bishops (psalter) An orchestra of musicians
A blush of boys A tribe of natives
A troop of boy scouts A superfluity of nuns
A feast of brewers A crowd of onlookers
A pack of Brownies A curse of painters (illusion, misbelieving)
A shuffle of bureaucrats A malapertness of pedlars
A goring of butchers A crowd of people (audience, congregation, mob)
A sneer of butlers A troupe of performers (troup)
A slate of candidates A skirl of pipers (poverty)
A chapter of canons (dignity) A posse of police
A company of capitalists (syndicate) A converting of preachers
A congregation of churchgoers A pity of prisoners (gang)
A school of clerks A band of robbers
A cutting of cobblers (drunkship) A crew of sailors
A hastiness of cooks A scolding of seamstresses
A shrivel of critics A house of senators
A cowardice of curs A subtlety of sergeants at law
A troupe of dancers An obeisance of servants
A decanter of deans (decorum) A posse of sheriffs
A caravan of desert travelers A blackening of shoemakers
A board of directors A choir of singers
An obstruction of dons A squad of soldiers (army, brigade, company, division, muster, platoon,
A staff of employees troop)
A panel of experts A picket of strikers
A stalk of foresters A class of students
A talent of gamblers A simplicity of subalterns
A company of girl guides A disguising of tailors
A galaxy of governesses A glozing of taverners
A conjunction of grammarians A den of thieves (gang)
A herd of harlots A board of trustees
A melody of harpists A flock of tourists
An observance of hermits An unction of undertakers
A gang of hoodlums A prudence of vicars
A cavalcade of horsemen An ambush of widows
A blast of hunters A coven of witches
A bench of judges (sentence) A gaggle of women
A neverthriving of jugglers A gang of workmen
A banner of knights (rout) A congregation of worshippers
A gang of labourers A worship of writers
A bevy of ladies A fellowship of yeomen

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Miscellaneous
(alternatives in brackets)

A wing of aircraft (flight) A rouleau of coins

A host of angels (chorus) A collective of nouns
A quiver of arrows A bank of monitors
A bundle of asparagus A range of mountains
A belt of asteroids A troop of mushrooms
A bunch of bananas (hand) A rope of onions
A grove of bayonets A coterie of orchids
A carillon of bells (change, peal) A ream of paper
A library of books A budget of papers
A batch of bread (caste) A string of pearls (rope)
A bavin of brushwood A pod of peas
A fleet of cars A phantasmagoria of phantoms
A pack of cards (deck, hand) An anthology of poems
A network of computers A rosary of quotations (mellificium)
A dossier of documents A clump of reeds
A clutch of eggs A rabble of remedies
A bundle of firewood A nest of rumours
A bed of flowers (bouquet, bunch, patch) A fleet of ships (armada, flotilla)
A colony of fungi A pair of shoes
A pantheon of gods A shrubbery of shrubs
A bunch of grapes (cluster) A flight of stairs
A battery of guns A galaxy of stars (constellation)
A budget of inventions An anthology of stories
A chain of islands (archipelago) An arcana of tarot cards
A cache of jewels An agenda of tasks
A ring of keys A stand of trees (clump, forest, grove)
A fleet of lorries (convoy)

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