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List of collective nouns for birds
Also see Collective noun
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| auks | A raft of auks | Uncertain |
| birds | A dissimulation of birds |
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| birds | A volery of birds |
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| bitterns | A sedge of bitterns |
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| bitterns | A siege of bitterns |
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| bullfinches | A bellowing of bullfinches |
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| buzzards | A wake of buzzards |
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| capons | A mews of capons |
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| chickens | A peep of chickens |
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| chicks | A clutch of chicks |
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| hens | A brood of hens |
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| poultry | A run of poultry |
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| Choughs | A chattering of choughs |
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| choughs | A clattering of choughs |
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| coots | A cover of coots |
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| coots | A raft of coots |
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| cormorants | A flight of cormorants |
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| cranes | A sedge of cranes |
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| crows | A hover of crows |
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| crows | A murder of crows |
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| crows | A storytelling of crows |
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| curlews | A head of curlews |
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| dotterel | A trip of dotterel |
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| doves | A dole of doves |
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| doves | A dule of doves |
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| doves | A flight of doves |
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| doves | A piteousness of doves |
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| doves | A pitying of doves |
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| doves | A prettying of doves |
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| ducks | A dopping of ducks (diving) |
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| ducks | A plump of ducks (flying) |
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| ducks | A paddling of ducks (on water) |
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| ducks | A flush of ducks |
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| ducks | A raft of ducks |
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| ducks | A team of ducks |
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| dunlin | A fling of dunlin |
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| eagles | A convocation of eagles |
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| falcons | A cast of falcons |
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| finches | A charm of finches |
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| finches | A trembing of finches |
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| finches | A trimming of finches |
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| flamingoes | A stand of flamingoes |
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| goldfinches | A drum of goldfinches |
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| goldfinches | A troubling of goldfinches |
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| goldfinches | A charm of goldfinches |
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| geese | A wedge of geese (flying) |
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| geese | A flock of geese |
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| geese | A gaggle of geese |
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| geese | A nide of geese |
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| geese | A skein of geese |
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| goshawks | A flight of goshawks |
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| grouse | A covey of grouse |
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| grouse | A lek of grouse | Uncertain |
| grouse | A pack of grouse |
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| guillemots | A bazaar of guillemots |
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| gulls | A colony of gulls |
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| gulls | A screech of gulls |
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| hawks | A cast of hawks |
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| hawks | A kettle of hawks |
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| herons | A siege of herons |
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| hummingbirds | A charm of hummingbirds |
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| jays | A band of jays |
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| jays | A party of jays |
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| jays | A scold of jays | Uncertain |
| lapwings | A deceit of lapwings |
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| lapwings | A desert of lapwings |
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| larks | An exaltation of larks |
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| magpies | A tiding(s) of magpies |
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| mallards | A lute of mallards | Uncertain |
| mallards | A sord of mallards |
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| martens | A richness of martens |
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| mudhen | A fleet of mudhen | Uncertain |
| nightingales | A watch of nightingales |
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| owls | A parliament of owls |
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| owls | A stare of owls |
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| parrots | A company of parrots |
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| parrots | A pandemonium of parrots | Uncertain |
| partridges | A bew of partridges | Uncertain |
| partridges | A covey of partridges |
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| peacocks | A muster of peacocks |
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| peacocks | A pride of peacocks |
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| peacocks | An ostentation of peacocks |
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| penguins | A colony of penguins |
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| penguins | A creche of penguins |
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| penguins | A huddle of penguins |
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| penguins | A parcel of penguins | Uncertain |
| penguins | A rookery of penguins | Spurious |
| pheasants | A bouquet of pheasants |
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| pheasants | A covey of pheasants |
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| pheasants | A nye of pheasants |
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| pigeons | A kit of pigeons | Uncertain |
| pigeons | A loft of pigeons |
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| plovers | A congregation of plovers |
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| quail | A bevy of quail |
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| quail | A covey of quail |
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| ravens | A conspiracy of ravens |
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| ravens | An unkindness of ravens |
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| rooks | A building of rooks |
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| rooks | A clamour of rooks |
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| rooks | A parliament of rooks |
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| ruffs | A hill of ruffs |
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| sandpipers | A fling of sandpipers |
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| sea fowl | A cloud of sea fowl |
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| seagulls | A flock of seagulls |
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| sheldrakes | A doading of sheldrakes |
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| snipe | A walk of snipe |
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| snipe | A wisp of snipe |
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| sparrows | A host of sparrows |
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| sparrows | A quarrel of sparrows |
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| sparrows | A ubiquity of sparrows |
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| starlings | A murmuration of starlings |
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| storks | A muster of storks |
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| storks | A phalanx of storks | Uncertain |
| swallows | A flight of swallows |
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| swallows | A gulp of swallows | Spurious |
| swans | A wedge of swans (flying) |
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| swans | A bank of swans |
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| swans | A bevy of swans |
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| swans | A whiteness of swans |
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| swans | An eyrar of swans | Uncertain |
| teal | A diving of teal |
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| teal | A spring of teal |
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| thrushes | A mutation of thrushes |
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| turkeys | A raffle of turkeys |
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| turkeys | A rafter of turkeys |
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| Turtle Doves | A pitying of turtledoves |
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| waterfowl | A knob of waterfowl | Uncertain |
| waterfowl | A plump of waterfowl |
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| Wigeon | A coil of widgeon |
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| woodpeckers | A descent of woodpeckers |
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Last updated: 01-22-2005 01:22:47