List of 150+ Collective Nouns for Animals and Birds

A collective noun indicates a group of people, animals, birds, things and places, etc. The list of collective nouns is endless but we are restricting our list to the extent of animals and birds.

Collective Nouns for Animals and Birds

There are several collective noun words that are used for animals and birds like colony, troop, army, flock, and herd.

List of Collective Nouns for Animals

1. An ambush of tigers
2. An army of frogs
3. An array of hedgehogs
4. A band of gorillas
5. A barrel of monkeys
6. A bask of crocodiles
7. A bevy of deer
8. A bloat of hippos
9. A business of ferrets
10. A caravan of camels
11. A cartload of monkeys
12. A cartload of chimpanzees
13. A clan of hyenas
14. A chine of polecats
15. A clowder of cats
16. A cluster of cats
17. A clutter of cats
18. A congregation of crocodiles
19. A congress of baboons
20. A corps of giraffes
21. A court of kangaroos
22. A dout of cats
23. A down of hares
24. A dray of squirrels
25. A drove of bullocks
26. A drove of cattle
27. A drove of donkeys
28. A drove of oxen
29. Earth of foxes
30. A fleet of foxes
31. A fesnying of ferrets
32. A flange of baboons
33. A flock of cows
34. A flock of crocodiles
35. A flock of goats
36. A fall of lambs
37. A fold of sheep
38. A gaze of raccoons
39. A harass of horses
40. A herd of antelope
41. A herd of asses
42. A herd of cattle
43. A herd of deer
44. A herd of buffaloes
45. A herd of cattle
46. A herd of donkeys
47. A herd of elephants
48. A herd of elks
49. A herd of ponies
50. A horde of gerbils
51. A husk of rabbits
52. A kindle of kittens
53. A kennel of dogs
54. A kine of cattle
55. A lead of foxes
56. A leap of leopards
57. A leash of deer
58. A litter of cubs
59. A litter of puppies
60. A litter of whelps
61. A mob of kangaroos
62. A mob meerkats
63. A nest of rabbits
64. A pack of bears
65. A pack of wolves
66. A pack of hounds
67. A pack of stoats
68. A pack of mongooses
69. A pride of lions
70. A rake of colts
71. A skulk of foxes
72. A string of ponies
73. A streak of tigers
74. A stud of mares
75. A team of oxen
76. A train of camels
77. A tribe of goats
78. A troop of monkeys

List of Collective Nouns for Birds

1. An aerie of eagles
2. An aerie of hawks
3. Ascension of larks
4. A bevy of larks
5. A bevy of doves
6. A bevy of quails
7. A bevy of swans
8. A boil of hawks
9. A brood of chickens
10. A brood of grouse
11. A brood of turkeys
12. A bunch of pigeons
13. A clamor of rooks
14. A clutter of starlings
15. A company of parrots
16. A colony of gulls
17. A colony of penguins
18. A colony of vultures
19. A congregation of birds
20. A covey of partridges
21. A cover of coots
22. A charm of finches
23. A charm of goldfinches
24. A charm of hummingbirds
25. A chatter of budgerigars
26. A dissimulation of birds
27. A dole doves
28. An exaltation of larks
29. A flight of birds
30. A flight of pigeons
31. A flight of cormorants
32. A gulp of cormorants
33. A flight of swallows
34. A fling of oxbirds
35. A flock of birds
36. A flock of chickens
37. A flock of geese
38. A flock of ducks
39. A flock of parrots
40. A flock of seagulls
41. A fling of dunlins
42. A descent of woodpeckers
43. A gaggle of geese
44. A gang of elks
45. A herd of geese
46. A kettle of vultures
47. A host of sparrows
48. A hover of crows
49. A leash of hawks
50. A loft of pigeons
51. A match of nightingales
52. A murmuration of starlings
53. A murder of crows
54. A muster of storks
55. A nye of pheasants
56. A pack of gulls
57. A pack of grouse
58. A parliament of owls
59. A plump of waterfowl
60. A pitying of doves
61. A pride of peacocks
62. A quarrel of sparrows
63. A rafter of turkeys
64. A rookery of penguins
65. A siege cranes
66. A sedge of cranes
67. A siege of herons
68. A sord of mallards
69. A stand of flamingo
70. A string of ducks
71. A tiding of magpies
72. A team of ducks
73. A tribe of sparrows
74. A trembling of finches
75. A paddling of ducks
76. A watch of nightingales
77. A volery of birds

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Further Reading

• What is a noun? Types of nouns with examples
• Collective Noun Sentences (50 Examples)
• Collective Nouns Worksheet with Answers
• Collective Nouns and Their Use Explained