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

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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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