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List of collective nouns for birds
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| SUBJECT | COLLECTIVE TERM | |
| auks | A raft of auks | Uncertain |
| birds | A dissimulation of birds | |
| birds | A volery of birds | |
| bitterns | A sedge of bitterns | |
| bitterns | A siege of bitterns | |
| bullfinches | A bellowing of bullfinches | |
| buzzards | A wake of buzzards | |
| capons[?] | A mews of capons | |
| chickens | A peep of chickens | |
| chicks | A clutch of chicks | |
| hens | A brood of hens | |
| poultry | A run of poultry | |
| choughs | A chattering of choughs | |
| choughs | A clattering of choughs | |
| coots[?] | A cover of coots | |
| coots[?] | A raft of coots | |
| cormorants | A flight of cormorants | |
| cranes | A sedge of cranes | |
| crows | A hover of crows | |
| crows | A murder of crows | |
| crows | A storytelling of crows | |
| curlews | A head of curlews | |
| dotterel[?] | A trip of dotterel | |
| doves | A dole of doves | |
| doves | A dule of doves | |
| doves | A flight of doves | |
| doves | A piteousness of doves | |
| doves | A pitying of doves | |
| doves | A prettying of doves | |
| ducks | A dopping of ducks (diving) | |
| ducks | A plump of ducks (flying) | |
| ducks | A paddling of ducks (on water) | |
| ducks | A flush of ducks | |
| ducks | A raft of ducks | |
| ducks | A team of ducks | |
| dunlin[?] | A fling of dunlin | |
| eagles | A convocation of eagles | |
| falcons | A cast of falcons | |
| finches | A charm of finches | |
| finches | A trembing of finches | |
| finches | A trimming of finches | |
| flamingoes | A stand of flamingoes | |
| goldfinches | A drum of goldfinches | |
| goldfinches | A troubling of goldfinches | |
| goldfinches | A charm of goldfinches | |
| geese | A wedge of geese (flying) | |
| geese | A flock of geese | |
| geese | A gaggle of geese | |
| geese | A nide of geese | |
| geese | A skein of geese | |
| goshawks[?] | A flight of goshawks | |
| grouse | A covey of grouse | |
| grouse | A lek of grouse | Uncertain |
| grouse | A pack of grouse | |
| guillemots | A bazaar of guillemots | |
| gulls | A colony of gulls | |
| gulls | A screech of gulls | |
| hawks | A cast of hawks | |
| hawks | A kettle of hawks | |
| herons | A siege of herons | |
| hummingbirds | A charm of hummingbirds | |
| jays | A band of jays | |
| jays | A party of jays | |
| jays | A scold of jays | Uncertain |
| lapwings | A deceit of lapwings | |
| lapwings | A desert of lapwings | |
| larks | An exaltation of larks | |
| magpies | A tiding(s) of magpies | |
| mallards | A lute of mallards | Uncertain |
| mallards | A sord of mallards | |
| martens[?] | A richness of martens | |
| mudhen[?] | A fleet of mudhen | Uncertain |
| nightingales | A watch of nightingales | |
| owls | A parliament of owls | |
| owls | A stare of owls | |
| parrots | A company of parrots | |
| parrots | A pandemonium of parrots | Uncertain |
| partridges | A bew of partridges | Uncertain |
| partridges | A covey of partridges | |
| peacocks | A muster of peacocks | |
| peacocks | A pride of peacocks | |
| peacocks | An ostentation of peacocks | |
| penguins | A colony of penguins | |
| penguins | A creche of penguins | |
| penguins | A huddle of penguins | |
| penguins | A parcel of penguins | Uncertain |
| penguins | A rookery of penguins | Spurious |
| pheasants | A bouquet of pheasants | |
| pheasants | A covey of pheasants | |
| pheasants | A nye of pheasants | |
| pigeons | A kit of pigeons | Uncertain |
| pigeons | A loft of pigeons | |
| plovers | A congregation of plovers | |
| quail | A bevy of quail | |
| quail | A covey of quail | |
| ravens | A conspiracy of ravens | |
| ravens | An unkindness of ravens | |
| rooks | A building of rooks | |
| rooks | A clamour of rooks | |
| rooks | A parliament of rooks | |
| ruffs[?] | A hill of ruffs | |
| sandpipers | A fling of sandpipers | |
| sea fowl[?] | A cloud of sea fowl | |
| seagulls | A flock of seagulls | |
| sheldrakes[?] | A doading of sheldrakes | |
| snipe | A walk of snipe | |
| snipe | A wisp of snipe | |
| sparrows | A host of sparrows | |
| sparrows | A quarrel of sparrows | |
| sparrows | A ubiquity of sparrows | |
| starlings | A murmuration of starlings | |
| storks | A muster of storks | |
| storks | A phalanx of storks | Uncertain |
| swallows | A flight of swallows | |
| swallows | A gulp of swallows | Spurious |
| swans | A wedge of swans (flying) | |
| swans | A bank of swans | |
| swans | A bevy of swans | |
| swans | A whiteness of swans | |
| swans | An eyrar of swans | Uncertain |
| teal | A diving of teal | |
| teal | A spring of teal | |
| thrushes | A mutation of thrushes | |
| turkeys | A raffle of turkeys | |
| turkeys | A rafter of turkeys | |
| turtledoves[?] | A pitying of turtledoves | |
| waterfowl | A knob of waterfowl | Uncertain |
| waterfowl | A plump of waterfowl | |
| widgeon[?] | A coil of widgeon | |
| woodpeckers | A descent of woodpeckers | |
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