Collective nouns for birds

A congregation of birds
A dissimulation of birds
A flock of birds
A sedge of bitterns
A chain of bobolinks
A wake of buzzards
A clutch of chicks
A peep of chickens
A clattering of choughs
A cover of coots
A herd of cranes
A murder of crows
A herd of curlews
A trip of dotterel
A dule of doves
A paddling of ducks
A raft of ducks
A convocation of eagles
A clutch of eggs
A mob of emus
A cast of falcons
A charm of finches
A gaggle of geese
A skein of geese
A vein of goldfinches
A brace of grouse
A covey of grouse
A colony of gulls
A cast of hawks
A kettle of hawks
A brood of hens
A siege of herons
A charm of hummingbirds
A hover of hummingbirds
A band of jays
A scolding of jays
A deceit of lapwings
An exaltation of larks
A tiding of magpies
A sword of mallards
A watch of nightingales
A parliament of owls
A company of parrots
A covey of partridges
A muster of peacocks
An ostentation of peacocks
A colony of penguins
A bouquet of pheasants
A nye of pheasants
A congregation of plovers
A rush of pochard
A run of poultry
A bevy of quail
An unkindness of ravens
A building of rooks
A walk of snipe
A wisp of snipe
A host of sparrows
A chatter of starlings
A murmuration of starlings
A scourge of starlings
A mustering of storks
A flight of swallows
A ballet of swans
A wedge of swans
A spring of teal
A rafter of turkeys
A pitying of turtledoves
A knob of widgeons
A plump of wildfowl
A trip of wildfowl
A fall of woodcocks
A descent of woodpeckers
A herd of wrens

Back