Animal Group Names! 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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Names for Groups of Animals
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