| Animal |
Group Name |
| Albatross |
Rookery |
| Antelopes |
Herd, cluster, herd |
| Ants |
Nest, army, colony, state, swarm, bike |
| Apes |
Shrewdness, troop |
| Asses |
Pace, drove, herd, coffle |
| Auks |
Colony, flock, raft |
| Baboons |
Troop, flange |
| Badgers |
Cete, colony, set, company |
| Bats |
Colony, cloud |
| Bears |
Sloth, sleuth, slought |
| Beavers |
Family, lodge, colony |
| Bees |
Swarm, cluster, nest, hive, erst, bike,
cast, college, drift, game, fry, peck, rabble, stand, range,
butt, spindle, grist |
| Birds |
Battery, cast, congregation, covert, covey,
drift, flight, fleet, flock, flush, nest, aviary |
| Bison |
Herd |
| Bitterns |
Flock, sedge, siege |
| Bloodhounds |
Sute |
| Boars |
Sounder, singular, herd |
| Buffaloes |
Troop, herd, gang, obstinacy |
| Bullfinches |
Bellowing |
| Bullocks |
Drove |
| Butterflies |
Rabble, flight |
| Camels |
Flock, train, caravan, herd |
| Caribou |
Herd |
| Caterpillars |
Army, nest |
| Cats |
Clowder, clutter, cluster, colony, glorying,
kindle, litter, dout, parliament, seraglio, glaring, destruction
(wild cats) |
| Cattle |
Drove, herd, bow, bunch, draft, drift, flote,
head, diary |
| Chicken |
Brood, clutch, hatching, nest, parcel, peep,
battery, flock |
| Chinchilla |
Colony |
| Clams |
Bed |
| Cockroaches |
Intrusion |
| Cod |
Lap |
| Colts |
Rake, rage |
| Cormorants |
Colony, flight |
| Cows |
Dairy, drove, pack, team |
| Crabs |
Cast |
| Cranes |
Flock, herd, sedge, siege, sege |
| Crocodiles |
Bask, nest |
| Crows |
Murder, parcel, hover |
| Deer |
Herd, leash, bevy, game, quarry, bunch,
mob |
| Dogs |
Gang, legion, kennel, pack, stud |
| Dolphins |
Team, school |
| Doves |
Duet, dule, dole, flight, troop, pitying
(of turtle doves) |
| Ducks |
Bunch, brood, knob, raft, skein, string,
mob, paddling, plump, sord, sore, team, waddling |
| Eagles |
Aerie, brood, convocation, cargo |
| Eels |
Swarm, bed, bind, draft, fry, wisp |
| Elephants |
Herd, flock, parade |
| Elks |
Gang, herd |
| Ferrets |
Business |
| Finches |
Chirm, charm |
| Fish |
School, shoal, haul, draught, run, catch,
cran, flote, flutter, cast, throw, warp |
| Flies |
Business, hatch, grist, swarm, community,
fare, rabble, cloud |
| Flamingoes |
Stand |
| Foxes |
Cloud, skulk, brace, leash, troop, earth |
| Frogs |
Army, colony, froggery |
| Geese |
Gaggle, clutch, flock, line, skein, nide,
wedge |
| Giraffes |
Herd, corps, troop, tower |
| Gnats |
Swarm, cloud, horde, plague, rabble |
| Goats |
Flock, trip, herd, tribe |
| Goldfish |
Troubling |
| Gorillas |
Band |
| Grasshoppers |
Cloud |
| Hares |
Down, flick, huske, kindle, tripp, drove,
warren, dun |
| Hawks |
Aerie, brood, cast, leash, mews, staff |
| Hedgehogs |
Nest, array |
| Hens |
Battery, brood, parcel, roost, mews, concatenation |
| Hippopotami |
Bloat, school, pod, herd |
| Hornets |
Nest, bike, swarm |
| Horses |
Haras, stud, herd, string, field, set, team,
stable, mews, mob, parcel, rag, slate |
| Insects |
Horde, nest, swarm, rabble, plague |
| Jackrabbits |
Husk |
| Jellyfish |
Smuck, fluther, smack, stuck, smuth, brood |
| Kangaroos |
Troop, mob, herd |
| Larks |
Bevy, exaltation, flight, wisp |
| Leopards |
Leap |
| Lice |
Flock |
| Lions |
Pride, troop, flock, sawt, souse |
| Locusts |
Swarm, cloud, plague |
| Magpies |
Tiding, tittering |
| Mallard |
Flush, lute, puddling, sord, sute |
| Mice |
Nest, colony, harvest |
| Midges |
Bite |
| Minnows |
Shoal, steam, or swarm |
| Moles |
Company, labour, citadel (of mole burrows) |
| Monkeys |
Troop, cartload, tribe |
| Moose |
Herd |
| Mosquitoes |
Scourge |
| Mules |
Barren, span, mulada, rake |
| Nightingales |
Watch, flock, route |
| Otters |
Bevy, lodge, family |
| Owls |
Parliament, stare |
| Oxen |
Team, yoke, drove, or herd |
| Oysters |
Bed, cast, clam, hive, set |
| Parrots |
Company, flock, pandemonium |
| Peacocks |
Pride, muster, ostentation |
| Pekingese |
Pomp |
| Penguins |
Parcel, rookery |
| Pigeons |
Flight, flock, loft |
| Pigs |
Drove, fare, litter, flock, hoggery, sounder,
nest of trotters |
| Porpoises |
School, crowd, herd, shoal, gam, pod, turmoil |
| Quail |
Bevy, covey, jug |
| Rabbits |
Bevy, bury (of conies), flick, kindle, nest,
game, warren, colony |
| Racoons |
Nursery |
| Ravens |
Unkindness |
| Reindeer |
Herd |
| Rhinoceros |
Crash, stubbornness, herd |
| Rooks |
Building, clamour, congregation, council,
pack, shoal, wing |
| Salmon |
Run, bind |
| Sardines |
Family |
| Scorpions |
Bed, nest |
| Seals |
Pod, herd, trip, rookery, flock, plump,
harem |
| Sharks |
School or shoal |
| Sheep |
Flock, hirsel, drove trip, drift, fold,
hurtle, parcel, mob, down, pack |
| Snails |
Escargatoire, rout, walk |
| Snakes |
Bed, knot, den, pit |
| Spiders |
Cluster, clutter |
| Squirrels |
Drey, colony |
| Starlings |
Cloud, chattering, murmuration, clattering |
| Stoats |
Pack, trip |
| Storks |
Flight, mustering, phalanx |
| Swallows |
Flight, gulp, rush |
| Swans |
Flock, bevy, bank, eyrar, drift, game, herd,
sownder, team, wedge |
| Swine |
Sounder, drift, herd, trip, drone, singular
(of boars) |
| Tigers |
Ambush |
| Toads |
Knot, nest, knob |
| Trout |
Hover, leash, troup |
| Turkeys |
Duet, crop, posse, rafter, gang |
| Turtles |
Bale, dole, turn, dule |
| Vipers |
nest |
| Vultures |
Carpets, cast, drove, flock, herd |
| Walruses |
Pod, herd, huddle |
| Wasps |
Nest, knot, knab, bike, swarm |
| Weasels |
Pack |
| Whales |
School, gam, mob, pod, herd, plump, run,
flote, shoal |
| Wildfowl |
Lute, plump, scry, skein, sord, trip |
| Wolves |
Rout, route, pack, head, horde |
| Woodpeckers |
Descent |
| Worms |
Bed, clew, bunch, clat |
| Zebras |
Herd, zeal, cohorts |
