Standard terms for particular groups are listed first in each group and shown in bold.

Subject A alligators antelope Collective Noun congregation herd cluster tribe army bike colony swarm shrewdness troop herd coffle drove pace or passe colony flock raft colony flange troop cete colony shoal cloud colony sleuth or sloth colony family swarm colony erst grist flock Notes
[7] [8] [8] [8] [8] [8] [8][9] [8] [2][8][10] [7][8] [7][8]

Sources

ants

apes

asses

a roped line driven in a group on land at sea on water

[8] [7][8] [7][8][9] [8] [8] [8] [8]

auks avocets B baboons badgers barbels bats bears beavers

[11] [7][10][11] [7][9][10][11][12] [11] [11] [11] [9][11] [7][9][10][11] [7][11] [7] [11] [11] [11] [9][11] [11]

bees

birds

Collective Noun dissimulation fleet flight parcel pod volary bench bishops bison herd sedge or sege bitterns siege herd boars (male pigs) singular boars (wild boars) sounder blush boys herd buffalo gang bellowing bullfinches drove bullocks cheat bursars flock bustards draught butlers flight butterflies rabble C tok capercaillie mews capons herd caribou clowder cluster or clutter cats glaring pounce cats (wild cats) destruction army caterpillars herd cattle drove brood chickens clutch

Subject

Notes fanciful
[11] [11] [11] [11] [11]

Sources

in an aviary

[11] [12] [11] [9][13] [11]

See also hogs, pigs, swine 12 or more

[11] [11] [11][12] [2][10] [9][11] [9][11] [11]

driven in a group

[11] [5] [11] [2] [11] [11]

[14][15] [14] [14] [7][9][14] [7][14] [7][14] [7][9] [10] [7] [7][9] [7][9] [7][10] [10]

Subject choughs civil servants cobblers colts cormorants cooks coots coyotes cranes crocodiles crows curlews D

Collective Noun peep chattering or clattering file drunkenship or drunkship rag rake gulp hastiness covert pack herd sedge or sege bask float murder herd herd bunch mob parcel rangale pack troop school pod team trip dole or dule flight piteousness flock badling brace bunch paddling plump

Notes

Sources
[7][10] [2][10][12] [5] [4][10][12] [9][10][12] [10] [7][9] [2][10] [2][10] [14] [10] [9][13][14] [7][9][14] [7] [7][9][10][12] [2][10][12]

[16] [16] [16] [17] [16] [16] [16] [16] [18][19] [16] [10][16][20]

deer

dogs dogfish dolphins dotterel doves

fanciful fanciful

[9][10][16] [7][10][16] [10][16] [7] [9] [9]

ducks

on water on water

[10][16] [7][9][10][16] [21][22]

Subject

Collective Noun raft skein sord or sore string team waddling fling convocation bed swarm herd gang business busyness charm or chirm school shoal stand business cloud swarm stalk leash skulk army flock gaggle plump skein team wedge herd corps tower on water in flight in flight in flight

Notes
[16] [16] [16]

Sources
[7][9][10][16]

[9][16] [16] [10]

dunlins E eagles eels elephants elk F ferrets finches fish flamingoes flies foresters foxes frogs G

[7][9] [7] [7] [7][9] [10][12]

corruption over time of 'busyness' [7][9][12]

[2] [7][9][10] [7][9] [7][9] [7][9] [7][9] [7] [7] [4][10] [7][9] [7][9] [7][9]

geese

on land on land flying close in flight in flight in flight

[1][9] [1][7][9] [1] [1][7][9] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1][9]

giraffes

Subject

gnats

goats

gods goldfinches goosanders gorillas goshawks grasshoppers grouse guineafowl H

Collective Noun cloud horde rabble swarm flock herd tribe trip or trippe pantheon charm dopping band whoop flight cloud swarm covey pack rasp

Notes

Sources
[1][7][9][10] [1][7][9] [1] [1][7] [1] [1] [1] [1]

See Pantheon
[1] [1] [1] [1] [1][2] [1][9] [1] [1][10] [1][10] [23]

down drove hares flick husk boil cast hawks kettle array hedgehogs sedge or sege herons siege observance hermits hippopotamuses bloat parcel hogs team band horses haras or harrase herd

[24] [24] [24] [24]

two or more spiralling in flight flying in large numbers

[7][9] [7][9][10] [7][9] [24] [2][7][9][12][13][24] [7][9][10][24] [4][10] [7][9][24]

See also boars, pigs, swine in harness

[25][26] [7][9][24] [7] [9][24] [7][24]

Subject

hounds

hyenas I ibex ibises iguanas

Collective Noun stable string stud pack cry hunt meet mute stable cackle herd colony mess flight horde plague rabble swarm band party scold fluther smack mob troop deceit or desert bevy exaltation leap or lepe pride sawt shoal

Notes

Sources
[7][24] [7][9][24] [9][24] [24] [24] [24] [24] [24] [24] [7][9]

[27] [27] [27] [27] [27] [27] [27] [27]

insects

J
[7] [7][9] [7][9] [10] [7][9][10]

jays

jellyfish K

[7] [7][9]

kangaroos L lapwings larks leopards lions M mackerel

[2][9][10][12][28] [10] [2][6][10][12] [7][9][10] [7][9][10] [10]

[29]

Subject magpies

mallard

mares martens mice minnows moles

monkeys

moorhens moose mosquitoes mudhens

mules

Collective Noun congregation tiding tittering brace flush puddling sord suit or sute stud richesse or richness nest trip shoal company labor or labour barrel cartload tribe troop plump herd scourge fleet barren pack rake span watch superfluity parliament drove team yoke company

Notes
[29]

Sources
[2][9][10][29] [29] [9] [29] [29] [9][10][29] [10][29] [10][12][29] [9][10][29] [7][29] [29] [29] [29] [7][9][10][29] [7][9] [29] [29] [9][10][29] [29] [7][29] [29] [29] [7][9][10][12][29] [9][29] [29] [7][9][29]

N nightingales nuns O owls oxen P parrots

[10] [2][10]

[7][9][12] [7] [7][9] [7][9]

[7][9]

Subject partridges peacocks

pheasants

pigs pipers pigeons Q quail R raccoons ravens rhinoceroses rooks S salmon sandpipers seals

Collective Noun pandemonium covey muster ostentation pride bouquet head nest nide nye drift drove poverty kit bevy covey drift gaze unkindness crash building parliament bind draught run fling herd pod rookery flock down drift drove herd

Notes
[7]

Sources
[9][10] [9][10][12] [7][9] [7] [7][9] [10] [9] [9] [7][9][10][12]

See also boars, hogs, swine

[7][9] [7][9] [4][30]

flying together

[10]

[2][7][9][10] [7][9] [10]

[7] [2][10] [7][9][10] [10] [10][12]

[31] [31] [31] [31] [31] [31] [31] [7][9][31] [31]

sheep

when driven in a group when driven in a group

[31] [9][31] [9][31]

Subject

sheldrake snails

snakes

snipe

sparrows spiders squirrels

starlings

stoats

storks

swallows swans

Collective Noun hurtle meinie mob parcel trip dopping escargatoire rout walk bed den knot nest pit walk whisp or wisp host meinie tribe cluster or clutter colony dray scurry chattering clattering cloud congregation murmuration pack trip flight mustering phalanx flight gulp bank bevy

Notes
[31] [7] [31] [31]

Sources
[7][31]

[31][32] [31] [31] [31] [7] [7] [7] [9] [7] [10][12][31] [10][31] [7][9][10][31] [31] [31] [7][31] [31] [7][9] [7][9] [7][31] [31] [31] [31] [7][10][12][31] [31] [31] [31] [7][9][31]

when migrating

[31] [7][9][31] [31]

on the ground

[7][31] [7][9][31]

Subject

Collective Noun drift eyrar flight game herd lamentation sownder team wedge whiting flock scream doylt drift trip ambush streak knot nest hover gang rafter bale dole nest pitying

Notes
[31] [31] [7]

Sources

[10][31] [7][31]

fanciful

[31] [31] [31]

in flight

[7][9][10][31] [31] [31] [33]

swifts

See also boars, hogs, pigs

[31] [12][31] [31]

swine T

[7] [7][9] [7][9] [7] [7][9] [9] [7][9] [7][9] [7] [9] [9]

tigers toads trout turkeys

turtles turtle doves U V vipers W walruses

nest herd pod bunch knob raft colony

[9]

[9] [9] [10] [10] [10] [7]

waterfowl weasels

Subject

whales

wigeons

wildfowl

wolves woodcocks woodpeckers wrens X Y Z zebras

Collective Noun pack gam herd mob pod company trip bunch knob plump trip pack rout or route fall descent herd

Notes
[7]

Sources
[7][9] [9] [7] [7][9] [9][10] [10] [10]

less than 30

[10] [10] [10] [7][9]

when in movement

[7][9] [9][10] [7][9][10] [10]

herd cohort zeal

[7][34] [34] [7][34]