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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