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List of collective nouns for birds
See also Collective noun.
| SUBJECT | COLLECTIVE TERM | STATUS |
| auks | A raft of auks | Uncertain |
| birds | A dissimulation of birds | √ |
| birds | A volery of birds | √ |
| birds | A covey 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 | √ |
| geese | A plump of geese (on water) | √ |
| 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 | √ |
| guinea fowl | A confusion of guinea fowl | √ |
| 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 | √ |
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An exhaustive (though possibly partly fictitious) list of collective nouns for birds
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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