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title: Collective Animal Names
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# Multi Investor

# Collective Animal Names

Posted by [Paxton Nicholas](https://blog.paxtonrealty.com/author/paxton-nicholas) on 3/2/16 12:20 PM

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Ever been strolling through the forest and see 30 owls together. Right, I mean, who hasn't. However, it is only an elite few that stop in there tracks to say, "Look there! a *parliament* of owls"

 

| **Animal** | **Group Name** |
| --- | --- |
| Albatross | Rookery |
| Alligators | Congregation |
| Apes | Shrewdness, Troop |
| Antelope | Herd |
| Ants | Colony, Army, Swarm, Nest |
| Asses | Pace, Herd, Drove |
| 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, Family |
| Bees | Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest |
| 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, Troop, Gang, Obstinancy |
| Bullfinches | Bellowing |
| Bullocks | Drove |
| Butterflies | Flight, Flutter, ([Many more](http://www.naba.org/sightings/Multitudesofbutterflies.htm)) |
| Buzzards | Wake |
| Camels | Caravan, Train, Flock |
| Capons | Mews |
| Caribou | Herd |
| Caterpillars | Army |
| Cats (General) | Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glorying, Glare |
| 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, Storytelling |
| 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, Herd |
| 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, Aerie |
| Eels | Swarm, Bed, Fry |
| Elephants | Herd, Memory |
| Elk | Gang, Herd |
| 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, Flamboyance |
| Flies | Business, Swarm, Cloud |
| Frogs | Army, Colony, Knot |
| Fox | Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead, Troop |
| Geese (General) | Flock |
| Geese (Flight) | Skein |
| Geese (Ground) | Gaggle, Herd, Corps |
| Giraffes | Tower |
| Gnats | Cloud, Horde, Swarm |
| Gnus | Implausibility |
| Goats | Tribe, Trip, Drove, Herd, Flock |
| Goldfinches | Charm |
| Goldfish | Glint, Troubling |
| Gorillas | Band, Troop |
| Goshawks | Flight |
| Grasshoppers | Cloud |
| Greyhounds | Leash |
| Grouse | Pack, Covey |
| 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, Shoal |
| 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, Clan |
| Impalas | Herd |
| Insects | Horde, Nest, Swarm, Rabble, Plague |
| Jays | Party, Scold, Band |
| Jellyfish | Smack, Brood |
| Kangaroos | Troop, Mob, Herd |
| 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, Cartload, 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, Pride |
| Pekingese | Pomp |
| Pelicans | Pod |
| Penguins (General) | Colony, Rookery, Huddle |
| Penguins (Nursery) | Crèche |
| 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, School, Crowd, Shoal |
| Prairie Dogs | Coterie |
| Ptarmigans | Covey |
| Quail | Bevy, Covey |
| Rabbits (General) | Colony, Warren, Bury, Trace, Trip |
| Rabbits (Domestic) | Herd |
| Rabbits (Hares) | Down, Husk |
| Rabbits (Jackrabbit) | Husk |
| Rabbits (Young) | Litter, Nest |
| Raccoons | Gaze |
| Rats | Colony, Pack, Plague, Swarm |
| Rattlesnakes | Rhumba |
| Ravens | Unkindness, Storytelling |
| Reindeer | Herd |
| Rhinoceroses | Crash, Stubbornness |
| Roebucks | Bevy |
| Rooks | Building, Clamor, Parliament |
| Ruffs | Hill |
| Salamandars | Congress |
| Salmon | Run |
| Sandpipers | Fling |
| Sardines | Family |
| Scorpions | Bed, Nest |
| Seabirds | Wreck |
| Seals | Pod, Bob, Harem, Herd, Rookery |
| Sharks | Shiver, School, Shoal |
| Sheep | Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold, Pack, Trip |
| Sheldrakes | Doading |
| Skylarks | Exultation |
| Squirrels | Dray, Scurry |
| Snails | Escargatoire, Rout, Walk |
| Snakes | Den, Nest, Pit, Bed, Knot |
| Snipe | Walk, Wisp |
| Sparrows | Host |
| Spiders | Cluster, Clutter |
| Springbok | Herd |
| Squirrels | Dray, Scurry |
| Starlings | Murmuration, Chattering |
| Stingrays | Fever |
| Stoats | Pack, Trip |
| Storks | Mustering, Muster |
| Swallows | Flight, Gulp |
| Swans (General) | Bevy, Bank, Herd |
| Swans (Flight) | Wedge, Flight |
| Swifts | Flock |
| Teal | Spring |
| Termites | Colony, Nest, Swarm, Brood |
| Thrush | Mutation |
| Tigers | Streak, Ambush |
| Toads | Knot, Knab, Nest |
| Trout | Hover |
| Turkeys | Rafter, Gang, Posse |
| Turtles | Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole |
| Turtle Doves | Pitying, Dule |
| Vipers | Generation, Nest |
| Vultures | Venue |
| Vultures (Circling) | Kettle |
| Walruses | Herd, Pod |
| Wasps | Nest, Swarm |
| Waterfowl | Knob, Plump |
| Weasles | Gang, Colony, Pack |
| Whales | Pod, Gam, Herd, School, Mod |
| Widgeons | Company |
| Wildfowl | Plump |
| Wolves (General) | Pack |
| Wolves (Moving) | Route, Rout |
| Wombats | Wisdom |
| Woodcocks | Fall |
| Woodpeckers | Descent |
| Worms | Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat |
| Wrens | Herd |
| Zebras | Zeal, Crossing, Dazzle, Cohorts, Herd |

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