Animal Group Names (Collective Nouns)
| 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 |
