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A pride of lions, a murder of crows, a crash of rhinos, and every other collective noun for animals. This is a listing of every animal congregation I could find after scouring the web. If you see any missing, let me
know.
Animal Collective Nouns
Animal | Group Name |
Albatross | Rookery |
Alligators | Congregation |
Apes | Shrewdness |
Antelope | Herd |
Ants | Colony, Army, Swarm |
Asses | Pace |
Auks | Colony, Flock, Raft |
Baboons | Troop, Flange |
Bacteria | Culture |
Badgers | Cete, Colony, Set, Company |
Barracudas | Battery |
Bats | Colony, Cloud |
Bass | Shoal |
Bears (General) | Sloth, Sleuth |
Bears (Cubs) | Litter |
Beavers | Colony |
Bees | Grist, Hive, Swarm |
Birds (Chicks) | Brood, Clutch |
Birds (Flight) | Flight |
Birds (Game) | Volary, Brace, Plump, Knob |
Birds (Ground) | Flock, Dissimulation |
Birds (Sea) | Wreck |
Bison | Herd |
Bitterns | Sedge, Seige |
Bloodhounds | Sute |
Bobolinks | Chain |
Buffalo | Herd |
Bullfinches | Bellowing |
Bullocks | Drove |
Butterflies | Flight, Flutter, (Many more) |
Buzzards | Wake |
Camels | Caravan, Train, Flock |
Capons | Mews |
Caribou | Herd |
Caterpillars | Army |
Cats (General) | Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glorying |
Cats (Kittens) | Kindle, Litter, Intrigue |
Cats (Wild) | Destruction |
Cattle | Drove, Herd, Team |
Cheetahs | Coalition |
Chickens (General) | Brood, Peep |
Chickens (Chicks) | Clutch, Chattering |
Chinchilla | Colony |
Choughs | Clattering |
Clams | Bed |
Cobras | Quiver |
Cockroaches | Intrusion |
Cod | Lap |
Coots | Cover, Raft |
Cormorants | Gulp |
Cows | Kine |
Coyotes | Band |
Crabs | Cast |
Cranes | Sedge, Seige |
Crocodiles | Bask, Float |
Crows | Murder, Horde, Parcel |
Curlews | Herd |
Deer (General) | Herd, Leash, Gang |
Deer (Buck) | Brace, Clash |
Deer (Roe) | Bevy |
Dogs (General) | Kennel |
Dogs (Curs) | Cowardice |
Dogs (Hounds) | Cry, Mute, Pack |
Dogs (Puppies) | Litter |
Dogs (Wild) | Pack |
Dolphins | Pod |
Donkeys | Drove, Pace |
Dotterel | Trip |
Doves (General) | Dule, Bevy, Cote, Dole, Paddling |
Doves (Turtle) | Pitying, Piteousness |
Ducks (Flight) | Flock |
Ducks (Ground) | Brace, badling |
Ducks (Water) | Raft, Team, Paddling |
Dunlins | Fling |
Eagles | Convocation |
Eels | Swarm, Bed, Fry |
Elephants | Herd, Memory |
Elk | Gang |
Emus | Mob |
Falcons | Cast |
Ferrets | Business, Cast, Fesnying |
Finches | Charm |
Fish (General) | Draft, Nest, Shoal, School ("school" is possibly a corruption of shoal) |
Fish (Caught) | Catch, Drought, Haul |
Flamingoes | Stand |
Flies | Business, Swarm |
Frogs | Army, Colony |
Fox | Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead |
Geese (General) | Flock |
Geese (Flight) | Skein |
Geese (Ground) | Gaggle |
Giraffes | Tower |
Gnats | Cloud, Horde, Swarm |
Gnus | Implausibility |
Goats | Tribe, Trip, Drove |
Goldfish | Glint, Troubling |
Gorillas | Band |
Goshawks | Flight |
Grasshoppers | Cloud |
Greyhounds | Leash |
Grouse | Pack |
Guillemots | Bazaar |
Gulls | Colony, Screech |
Guinea Fowl | Confusion |
Hawks (General) | Cast |
Hawks (Flight) | Kettle |
Hawks (Spiraling) | Boil |
Hedgehogs | Array |
Herons | Sedge, Siege, Hedge |
Herring | Army |
Hippopotamuses | Bloat |
Hornets | Nest, Bike |
Horses (General) | Team, Harras, Stable, Troop, Stud (a group belonging to one owner) |
Horses (Colts) | Rag, Rake |
Horses (Ponies) | String |
Horses (Wild) | Herd |
Hummingbirds | Charm |
Hyenas | Cackle |
Impalas | Herd |
Insects | Horde, Nest, Swarm, Rabble, Plague |
Jays | Party, Scold |
Jellyfish | Smack |
Kangaroos | Troop, Mob |
Lapwings | Deceit |
Larks | Exaltation, Ascension |
Leopards | Leap |
Lice | Flock |
Lions | Pride, Sault, Troop |
Lizards | Lounge |
Locusts | Plague |
Magpies | Tiding, Gulp, Murder, Charm |
Mallards (General) | Brace |
Mallards (Flight) | Sord |
Martens | Richness |
Mice | Mischief |
Midges | Bite |
Minnows | Shoal, Steam, Swarm |
Moles | Labor, Company, Movement |
Monkeys | Troop, Barrel, Carload, Tribe |
Moose | Herd |
Mosquitoes | Scourge |
Mudhens | Fleet |
Mules | Pack, Span, Barren, Rake |
Nightingales | Watch |
Otters | Romp, Bevy, Family, Raft |
Owls | Parliament, Stare |
Oxen | Team, Yoke, Drove |
Oysters | Bed |
Parrots | Company, Pandemonium |
Partridge | Covey, Bew |
Peacocks | Muster, Ostentation |
Pekingese | Pomp |
Pelicans | Pod |
Penguins | Colony, Rookery |
Pheasants (General) | Nest, Nye |
Pheasants (Brood) | Nide |
Pheasants (Take-Off) | Bouquet |
Pigeons | Flight, Flock, Kit |
Pigs (General) | Drift, Drove |
Pigs (Boars) | Singular, Sounder |
Pigs (Hogs) | Team, Passel, Drift, Parcel |
Pigs (Piglets) | Litter, Farrow |
Pigs (Swine) | Sounder |
Pilchards | Shoal |
Plovers (General) | Congregation |
Plovers (Flight) | Wing |
Polecats | Chine |
Porcupines | Prickle |
Porpoises | Herd, Pod |
Prairie Dogs | Coterie |
Ptarmigans | Covey |
Quail | Bevy, Covey |
Rabbits (General) | Colony, Warren, Bury, Trace, Trip |
Rabbits (Domestic) | Herd |
Rabbits (Hares) | Down, Husk |
Rabbits (Young) | Litter, Nest |
Raccoons | Gaze |
Rats | Colony, Pack, Plague, Swarm |
Rattlesnakes | Rhumba |
Ravens | Unkindness |
Reindeer | Herd |
Rhinoceroses | Crash, Stubbornness |
Roebucks | Bevy |
Rooks | Building, Clamor |
Ruffs | Hill |
Salmon | Run |
Sandpipers | Fling |
Sardines | Family |
Scorpions | Bed, Nest |
Seals | Pod, Bob, Harem |
Sharks | Shiver |
Sheep | Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold |
Sheldrakes | Doading |
Skylarks | Exultation |
Squirrels | Dray, Scurry |
Snails | Escargatoire, Rout, Walk |
Snakes | Den, Nest, Pit |
Snipe | Walk, Wisp |
Sparrows | Host |
Spiders | Cluster, Clutter |
Springbok | Herd |
Squirrels | Dray, Scurry |
Starlings | Murmuration |
Stingrays | Fever |
Stoats | Pack, Trip |
Storks | Mustering |
Swallows | Flight, Gulp |
Swans (General) | Bevy |
Swans (Flight) | Wedge |
Swifts | Flock |
Teal | Spring |
Termites | Colony, Nest, Swarm, Brood |
Thrush | Mutation |
Tigers | Streak, Ambush |
Toads | Knot, Knab |
Trout | Hover |
Turkeys | Rafter, Gang, Posse |
Turtles | Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole |
Turtle Doves | Pitying |
Vipers | Generation, Nest |
Vultures | Venue |
Vultures (Circling) | Kettle |
Walruses | Herd, Pod |
Wasps | Nest, Swarm |
Waterfowl | Knob, Plump |
Weasles | Gang |
Whales | Pod, Gam |
Widgeons | Company |
Wolves (General) | Pack |
Wolves (Moving) | Route, Rout |
Wombats | Wisdom |
Woodcocks | Fall |
Woodpeckers | Descent |
Worms | Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat |
Wrens | Herd |
Zebras | Crossing, Zeal, Cohorts |
Another animal group that you may consider is a nag of wives and a jerk of husbands.
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