Collective nouns for Collective nouns for

birds mammals & marsupials

Animal Collective Nouns Animal Collective Nouns
Brace (for a couple of birds that have Antelope Herd
been killed when hunted), Flight Apes Shrewdness
(when flying), Flock (when on the Asses Pace, Herd, Drove
Birds in general ground), Volary Baboons Troop, Flange
Albatross Rookery Badgers Cete
Bitterns Sedge Bats Colony, Cloud
Bullfinches Bellowing Sloth, Sleuth, Litter
Buzzards Wake Bears (young)
Bobolinks Chain Beavers Colony, Family
Capons Mews Bison Herd
Brood, Peep, Young chickens: Buffalo Gang, Obstinacy
Chickens Chattering, Clutch Camels Caravan, Flock, Train
Chicks (Various Caribou Herd
birds) Brood; Clutch Clowder, Pounce; (Kittens:
Coots Cover Kindle, Litter,
Cormorants Gulp Intrigue), Destruction
Cranes Sedge, Seige Cats (wild cats)
Crows Horde, Murder Cattle Drove, Herd
Dotterel Trip Cheetah Coalition
Doves Dule, Pitying (Turtle doves only) Chinchilla Colony
Balding, Brace (a couple of hunted Cows Herd, Kine
and killed ducks), Flock (flying), Coyotes Band
Paddling (on water), Raft (on water), Herd, Bevy (only for roe
Ducks Team Deer deer)
Dunlins Fling Litter (puppies), Pack (if
Eagles Convocation wild), Cowardice
Emus Mob (curs), Leash(Greyhounds)
Finches Charm . For hounds: Cry, Mute,
Falcons Cast Dogs Pack, Kennel
Flamingos Stand Dolphins Pod
Flock, Gaggle (grounded), Skein Donkeys Drove, Herd, Pace
Geese (flying) Elephants Herd, Memory
Goshawks Flight Elk Gang
Grouse Pack (later in the hunting season) Ferrets Business, Cast, Fesnying
Guillemots Bazaar Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead,
Guinea Fowl Confusion Fox Troop
Gulls Colony Giraffes Tower
Boil (when spiraling in flight), Cast, Goats Tribe, Trip
Hawks Kettle (large amount of flying hawks) Gorillas Band, Troop
Herons Sedge, Siege Hedgehogs Array
Hummingbirds Charm HippopotamusesBloat
Jays Party, Scold Team, Harras, Rag (colts),
Lapwings Deceit Stud (a group of horses
Larks Exaltation owned by one person),
Sord (flying), Brace (two that havce Horses String (for ponies)
Mallards been hunted and killed) Hyenas Cackle, Clan
Magpies Charm, Gulp, Murder, Tiding Impalas Herd
Nightingales Watch Kangaroos Mob, Troop
Owls Parliament Leopards Leap
Parrots Company, Pandemonium Lions Pride, Sault, Troop
Partridge Covey Martens Richness
Peacocks Muster, Ostentation Mice Mischief
Pelicans Pod Moles Labor
Penguins Colony Monkeys Troop, Barrel
Pheasant Bouquet, Brace (couple hunted and Moose Herd
 killed), Nest, Nide, Nye, Mules Pack, Span, Barren, rake
Pigeons Flight, Flock, Kit Otters Bevy, Family, Raft, Romp
Plovers Congregation, Wing (flying) Oxen Team, Yoke
Ptarmigans Covey Drift, Drove, Litter
Rooks Building, Clamor, Parliament (piglets), Sounder (swine
Ruffs Hill only), Team, Passel (hogs
Quail Bevy, Covey Pigs only), Singular (for boars)
Ravens Storytelling, Unkindness Polecats Chine
Seabirds Wreck Porcupines Prickle
Sheldrakes Doading  Crowd, Herd, Pod,
Skylarks Exultation Porpoises School, Shoal
Snipe Walk, Wisp Colony, Warren, Nest,
Sparrows Host Herd (domesticated only),
Starlings Murmuration Litter (young rabbits),
Storks Mustering Rabbits Down (hares), husk (hares)
Swallows Flight Raccoons Gaze
Swans Bevy, Wedge (flying) Colony, Pack, Plague,
Swifts Flock Rats Swarm
Teal Spring Reindeer Herd
Thrush Mutation Rhinoceroses Crash
Turkeys Gang, Rafter Roebucks Bevy
Turtle Doves Pitying, Dule Bob, Harem, Herd, Pod,
Vultures Kettle (flying), Venue Seals Rookery
Waterfowls Knob, Plump Sheep Drove, Flock, Herd
Widgeons Company Springbok Herd
Wildfowl Plump Squirrels Dray, Scurry
Woodcocks Fall Stoats Pack, Trip
Woodpeckers Descent Tigers Ambush, Streak
Wrens Herd Walruses Herd, Pod
Turkeys Gang, Rafter Weasles Gang, Colony, Pack
Turtle Doves Pitying, Dule Whales Pod, Gam, Herd, School
Vultures Kettle (flying), Venue Pack, Rout, Route (when
Waterfowls Knob, Plump Wolves moving)
Widgeons Company Wombats Wisdom
Wildfowl Plump Zeal, Crossing, Dazzle,
Woodcocks Fall Zebras Cohorts, Herd
Woodpeckers Descent
Wrens Herd

Collective nouns for fish Collective nouns for

Animal Collective Nouns reptiles and amphibians
Draft, Nest, School, Shoal (some
academics argue that ‘School’ is incorrect, Animal Collective Nouns
Fish and that Shoal should be used instead). Alligators Congregation
(general) When caught: Catch, Drought, Haul Cobras Quiver
Barracudas Battery Crocodiles Bask, Float
Bass Shoal Frogs Army, Colony
Cod Lap Lizards Lounge
Eels Bed, Fry, Swarm Rattlesnakes Rhumba
Goldfish Glint, Troubling Salamanders Congress
Herring Army Toads Knab, Knot, Nest
Sardines Family Turtles Bale, Dole, Nest, Turn
Sharks Shiver Snakes, vipers Den, Generation, Knot, Nest, Pit
Stingrays Fever
Trout Hover

Collective nouns for

invertebrates (including
insects, molluscs etc.)
Animal Collective Nouns
Ants Army, Colony, Nest, Swarm (flying)
Bees Grist, Hive, Swarm
Caterpillars Army
Clams Bed
Cockroaches Intrusion
Crabs Cast
Flies Business, Cloud, Swarm
Gnats Cloud, Horde, Swarm
Grasshoppers Cloud
Hornets Bike, Nest
Insects (general) Horde, Nest, Plague, Rabble, Swarm
Jellyfish Brood, Smack
Lice Flock
Locusts Plague
Midges Bite
Mosquitoes Scourge
Oysters Bed
Scorpions Bed, Nest
Spiders Cluster, Clutter
Termites Brood, Colony, Nest, Swarm
Wasps Nest, Swarm
Worms Bed, Bunch, Clat, Clew