Collective Nouns
Collective nouns are used to describe a collection of people or items viewed as a unit.
Generally Collective Nouns are used with singular verbs e.g. A Herd of Antelope.
However, in British usage, the plural is sometimes used, generally when refering to a collection of individuals rather than a group being classed as a unit. Single and plural cannot be used together.
All items listed below with an asterisk are of a doubtful nature
Collective Name - Birds
A raft of auks
A congregation of birds
A dissimulation of birds
A flight of birds
A flock of birds
A volery of birds
A sedge of bitterns
A siege of bitterns*
A bellowing of bullfinches*
A wake of buzzards?
A tok of capercailles
A mews of capons
A brood of chickens
A flock of chickens
A peep of chickens?
A brood of chicks
A chattering of chicks*
A clutch of chicks
A chattering of choughs*
A clattering of choughs*
A cover of coots?
A covert of coots
A raft of coots
A flight of cormorants
An herd of cranes
A sedge of cranes
A siege of cranes
A storytelling of crows
An hover of crows?
A murder of crows
An head of curlews?
A trip of Dotterel
A bevy of Doves
A cote of Doves
A dole of doves
A dule of doves
A flight of doves
A flight of doves
A piteousness of doves
A pitying of doves
A prettying of doves
A badelynge of ducks
A brace of ducks*
A dopping of ducks(diving)*
A flock of ducks
A flush of ducks*
A paddling of ducks*
A plump of ducks flying)*
A raft of ducks
A team of ducks
A fling of dunlin?
An aerie of eagles*
A convocation of eagles
A clutch of eggs
A mob of emus
A cast of falcons
A charm of finches
A trembling of finches
A trimming of finches
A stand of flamingo*
A flock of geese
A gaggle of geese
A skein of geese(in flight)
A wedge of geese(in flight)
A charm of goldfinches
A drum of goldfinches?
A troubling of goldfinches?
A flight of goshawks
A skein of goslings*
A brace of grouse
A covey of grouse
A lek of grouse
A pack of grouse*
A bazaar of guillemots*
A colony of gulls
A screech of gulls*
A aerie of hawks*
A cast of hawks*
A kettle of hawks
A brood of hens
An hedge of herons*
A sedge of herons
A siege of herons
A charm of hummingbirds*
A band of jays
A party of jays*
A scold of jays
A deceit of lapwings
A desert of lapwings
An ascension of larks
An exaltation of larks
A tidings of magpies
A lute of mallards*
A sord of mallards
A fleet of mudhen*
A watch of nightingales
A parliament of owls
A stare of owls*
A wisdom of owls*
A company of parrots*
A prattle of parrots*
A bew of partridges
A covey of partridges
A muster of peacocks
An ostentation of peacocks*
A pride of peacocks
A colony of penguins
A creche of penguins*
An huddle of penguins*
A parade of penguins*
A parcel of penguins*
A rookery of penguins
A bouquet of pheasants (when flushed*
A covey of pheasants
A nest of pheasants
A nide of pheasants (on the ground
A nye of pheasants
A flight of pigeons
A flock of pigeons
A kit of pigeons*
A loft of pigeons*
A congregation of plovers
A wing of plovers?
A rush of pochard?
A run of poultry?
A covey of ptarmigans?
A bevy of quails
A covey of quail
A conspiracy of ravens
A storytelling of ravens
An unkindness of ravens
A clamor of rooks
A parliament of rooks
A storytelling of rooks
A hill of ruffs
A fling of sandpipers*
A cloud of sea fowl*
A flock of seagulls
A doading of sheldrakes?
A walk of snipes
A wisp of snipes
An host of sparrows*
A quarrel of sparrows*
A ubiquity of sparrows*
A clutter of starlings*
A murmuration of starlings
A muster of storks
A mustering of storks
A phalanx of storks*
A flight of swallows
A gulp of swallows*
A bank of swans
Aevy of swans
An eyrar of swans?
A fleet of swans*
An herd of swans*
A wedge of swans(flying in a 'V')
A whiteness of swans*
A flock of swifts?
A diving of teal*
A spring of teal
A mutation of thrushes
A brood of turkeys(immature*
A flock of turkeys
A lurkey of turkeys*
A raffle of turkeys*
A rafter of turkeys*
A pitying of turtledoves
A colony of vultures
A wake of vultures?
A knob of waterfowl?
A plump of waterfowl*
A coil of widgeon
A plump of wildfowl*
A fall of woodcocks
A descent of woodpeckers
A gatling of woodpeckers?
A herd of wrens
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