SUBJECT | COLLECTIVE TERM | |
auks | A raft of auks | Uncertain |
birds | A dissimulation of birds | |
birds | A volery of birds | |
bitterns | A sedge of bitterns | |
bitterns | A siege of bitterns | |
bullfinches | A bellowing of bullfinches | |
buzzards | A wake of buzzards | |
capons | A mews of capons | |
chickens | A peep of chickens | |
chicks | A clutch of chicks | |
hens | A brood of hens | |
poultry | A run of poultry | |
Choughs | A chattering of choughs | |
choughs | A clattering of choughs | |
coots | A cover of coots | |
coots | A raft of coots | |
cormorants | A flight of cormorants | |
cranes | A sedge of cranes | |
crows | A hover of crows | |
crows | A murder of crows | |
crows | A storytelling of crows | |
curlews | A head of curlews | |
dotterel | A trip of dotterel | |
doves | A dole of doves | |
doves | A dule of doves | |
doves | A flight of doves | |
doves | A piteousness of doves | |
doves | A pitying of doves | |
doves | A prettying of doves | |
ducks | A dopping of ducks (diving) | |
ducks | A plump of ducks (flying) | |
ducks | A paddling of ducks (on water) | |
ducks | A flush of ducks | |
ducks | A raft of ducks | |
ducks | A team of ducks | |
dunlin | A fling of dunlin | |
eagles | A convocation of eagles | |
falcons | A cast of falcons | |
finches | A charm of finches | |
finches | A trembing of finches | |
finches | A trimming of finches | |
flamingoes | A stand of flamingoes | |
goldfinches | A drum of goldfinches | |
goldfinches | A troubling of goldfinches | |
goldfinches | A charm of goldfinches | |
geese | A wedge of geese (flying) | |
geese | A flock of geese | |
geese | A gaggle of geese | |
geese | A nide of geese | |
geese | A skein of geese | |
goshawks | A flight of goshawks | |
grouse | A covey of grouse | |
grouse | A lek of grouse | Uncertain |
grouse | A pack of grouse | |
guillemots | A bazaar of guillemots | |
gulls | A colony of gulls | |
gulls | A screech of gulls | |
hawks | A cast of hawks | |
hawks | A kettle of hawks | |
herons | A siege of herons | |
hummingbirds | A charm of hummingbirds | |
jays | A band of jays | |
jays | A party of jays | |
jays | A scold of jays | Uncertain |
lapwings | A deceit of lapwings | |
lapwings | A desert of lapwings | |
larks | An exaltation of larks | |
magpies | A tiding(s) of magpies | |
mallards | A lute of mallards | Uncertain |
mallards | A sord of mallards | |
martens | A richness of martens | |
mudhen | A fleet of mudhen | Uncertain |
nightingales | A watch of nightingales | |
owls | A parliament of owls | |
owls | A stare of owls | |
parrots | A company of parrots | |
parrots | A pandemonium of parrots | Uncertain |
partridges | A bew of partridges | Uncertain |
partridges | A covey of partridges | |
peacocks | A muster of peacocks | |
peacocks | A pride of peacocks | |
peacocks | An ostentation of peacocks | |
penguins | A colony of penguins | |
penguins | A creche of penguins | |
penguins | A huddle of penguins | |
penguins | A parcel of penguins | Uncertain |
penguins | A rookery of penguins | Spurious |
pheasants | A bouquet of pheasants | |
pheasants | A covey of pheasants | |
pheasants | A nye of pheasants | |
pigeons | A kit of pigeons | Uncertain |
pigeons | A loft of pigeons | |
plovers | A congregation of plovers | |
quail | A bevy of quail | |
quail | A covey of quail | |
ravens | A conspiracy of ravens | |
ravens | An unkindness of ravens | |
rooks | A building of rooks | |
rooks | A clamour of rooks | |
rooks | A parliament of rooks | |
ruffs | A hill of ruffs | |
sandpipers | A fling of sandpipers | |
sea fowl | A cloud of sea fowl | |
seagulls | A flock of seagulls | |
sheldrakes | A doading of sheldrakes | |
snipe | A walk of snipe | |
snipe | A wisp of snipe | |
sparrows | A host of sparrows | |
sparrows | A quarrel of sparrows | |
sparrows | A ubiquity of sparrows | |
starlings | A murmuration of starlings | |
storks | A muster of storks | |
storks | A phalanx of storks | Uncertain |
swallows | A flight of swallows | |
swallows | A gulp of swallows | Spurious |
swans | A wedge of swans (flying) | |
swans | A bank of swans | |
swans | A bevy of swans | |
swans | A whiteness of swans | |
swans | An eyrar of swans | Uncertain |
teal | A diving of teal | |
teal | A spring of teal | |
thrushes | A mutation of thrushes | |
turkeys | A raffle of turkeys | |
turkeys | A rafter of turkeys | |
Turtle Doves | A pitying of turtledoves | |
waterfowl | A knob of waterfowl | Uncertain |
waterfowl | A plump of waterfowl | |
Wigeon | A coil of widgeon | |
woodpeckers | A descent of woodpeckers | |