90+ Interesting Names for Groups of Animals | Animal Group Names

Groups of Animals! In this lesson, we learn some interesting names for Groups of Animals in English.

Names for Groups of Animals

Whether it is a group of mammals, birds or even insects, there is a unique collective noun to identify the specific group, although some of these names are rarely used.

Here is a list of collective names for groups of animals you should know…

• Mallards: a sord, a brace
• Magpies: a tiding, a gulp, a murder or a charm
• Nightingales: a watch
• Owls: a parliament
• Parrots: a pandemonium, a company
• Crabs: a consortium
• Herring: an army
• Sharks: a shiver
• Trout: a hover
• Bees: a grist, a hive, a swarm
• Caterpillars: an army
• Clams: a bed
• Cockroaches: an intrusion
• Flies: a business
• Grasshoppers: a cloud
• Lions: a pride
• Martens: a richness
• Moles: a labor
• Monkeys: a troop, a barrel
• Mules: a pack, a span or a barren
• Jellyfish: a bloom, a fluther, a smack
• Lobsters: a risk
• Oysters: a bed
• Snails: a hood
• Squid: an audience
• Apes: a shrewdness
• Badgers: a cete
• Otters: a romp
• Rhinoceroses: a crash
• Squirrels: a dray,  scurry
• Tigers: an ambush, a streak
• Bats: a cauldron
• Bears: a sloth, a sleuth
• Bitterns: a sedge
• Buzzards: a wake
• Bobolinks: a chain
• Coots: a cover
• Cormorants: a gulp
• Buffalo: a gang, an obstinacy
• Cats: a clowder, a pounce, a glaring
• Dogs: a litter, a pack
• Donkeys: a pace
• Elephants: a parade
• Elk: a gang
• Ferrets: a business
• Fox: a leash, a skulk, an earth
• Giraffes: a tower
• Goats: a tribe, a trip
• Gorillas: a band
• Hippopotamuses: a bloat, a thunder
• Hyenas: a cackle
• Jaguars: a shadow
• Kangaroos: a troop, a mob
• Lemurs: a conspiracy
• Leopards: a leap
• Whales: a pod, a school, or a gam
• Crows: a murder, a horde
• Dotterel: a trip
• Ducks: a brace, a team, a flock (in flight)
• Eagles: a convocation
• Finches: a charm
• Flamingos: a stand
• Geese: a flock
• Grouse: a pack
• Hawks: a cast
• Herons: a sedge, a siege
• Jays: a party, a  scold
• Lapwings: a deceit
• Larks: an exaltation
• Partridge: a covey
• Peafowl: an ostentation, a muster
• Penguins: a colony, a muster, a parcel, a rookery
• Plovers: a congregation, a wing (in flight)
• Ptarmigans: a covey
• Rooks: a building
• Quail: a bevy, a covey
• Ravens: an unkindness
• Snipe: a walk, a wisp
• Sparrows: a host
• Starlings: a murmuration
• Storks: a mustering
• Swans: a bevy
• Teal: a spring
• Turkeys: a rafter, a gang
• Woodcocks: a fall
• Woodpeckers: a descent
• Cobras: a quiver
• Crocodiles: a bask
• Frogs: an army
• Toads: a knot
• Turtles: a bale, a nest
• Salamanders: a maelstrom
• Snakes: a nest

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