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Some Group Names for Different Animals
Listed alphabetically by animal
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A congregation of alligators
A herd of antelope
An army (or) swarm (or) colony of ants
A shrewdness of apes
A herd (or) pace of asses
A cete of badgers
A battery of barracuda
A shoal of bass
A colony of bats
A sleuth (or) sloth of bears
A colony of beavers
A swarm (or) grist of bees
An erst (or) grist (or) hive of bees
A congregation (or) flock (or) volery (or) dissimulation of birds
A sedge (or) siege of bitterns
A sounder (or) singular of boars
A chain of bobolinks
A brace (or) clash of bucks
A herd (or) obstinancy of buffalo
A flutter of butterflies
A wake of buzzards
A caravan of camels
A tok of capercailzies
An army of caterpillars
A clowder (or) pounce of cats
A herd (or) drove of cattle
A brood of chickens
A peep of chickens
A chattering (or) clutch of chicks
A chattering of choughs
A bed of clams
A quiver of cobras
An intrusion of cockroaches
A rag (or) rake of colts
A bury of conies
A cover of coots
A flight (or) gulp of cormorants
A kine of cows
A flink of cows [twelve or more]
A band of coyote
A siege (or) sedge of cranes
A bask (or) float of crocodiles
A murder of crows
A litter of cubs
A herd of curlews
A cowardice of curs
A herd of deer
A pack of dogs
A pace of donkeys
A trip of dotterel
A arc (or) dole (or) flight (or) pitying of doves
A team of ducks [while flying]
A raft of ducks [while idle in water]
A paddling of ducks [while swimming]
A convocation (or) aerie of eagles
A herd (or) memory of elephants
A gang (or) herd of elk
A mob of emus
A cast of falcons
A business of ferrets
A charm of finches
A school (or) catch (or) haul (or) run (or) shoal (or) draught of fish
A stand (or) flamboyance of flamingos
A swarm (or) business of flies
A leash (or) skulk of foxes
A colony (or) army of frogs
A wedge of geese [flying in a "V"]
A skein of geese in flight
A gaggle of geese on the ground
A tower of giraffes
A swarm (or) cloud (or) horde of gnats
A herd (or) trip (or) tribe of goats
A cloud of goldfish
A band of gorillas
A flight of goshawks
A cluster of grasshoppers
A leash of greyhounds
A brace (or) covey (or) pack of grouse
A colony of gulls
A down (or) husk (or) leap of hares
A cast (or) kettle (or) boil of hawks
A brood of hens
A hedge (or) sedge (or) siege of herons
A shoal (or) army of herring
A crash (or) bloat of hippopotami
A drift (or) parcel (or) passel of hogs
A team (or) harras of horses
A pack (or) cry (or) mute of hounds
A cackle of hyenas
A husk of jackrabbits
A band (or) party (or) scold of jays
A fluther (or) smack (or) smuth of jellyfish
A mob (or) troop of kangaroos
A litter (or) kindle of kittens
A deceit of lapwings
An ascension (or) exaltation of larks
A leap of leopards
A flock of lice
A pride of lions
A lounge of lizards
A plague of locusts
A tiding (or) gulp of magpies
A sord of mallards
A stud of mares
A richness of martens
A click (or) nest of mice
A labour of moles
A troup (or) tribe of monkeys
A span (or) barren of mules
A watch of nightingales
A romp of otters
A parliament (or) wisdom of owls
A drove (or) herd (or) team (or) yoke of oxen
A bed of oysters
A company (or) pandemonium of parrots
A covey of partridges
A muster (or) ostentation of peacocks
A colony of penguins
A nye (or) nide (or) bouquet of pheasants [on the ground]
A litter of pigs
A drift (or) drove (or) sounder of pigs
A flight (or) flock of pigeons
A shoal of pilchards
A wing (or) congregation of plovers
A rush of pochard
A prickle of porcupines
A passel of possums
A string of ponies
A herd (or) pod of porpoises
A coterie of prairie dogs
A covey of ptarmigans
A bevy of quail
A covey of quail
A colony (or) warren (or) nest of rabbits
A gaze of raccoons
A pack (or) swarm of rats
A rhumba of rattlesnakes
An unkindness (or) conspiracy of ravens
A crash of rhinocerus
A bevy of roebucks
A clamour (or) building (or) parliament of rooks
A run of salmon
A herd (or) pod (or) spring of seals
A shoal of shad
A flock of sheep
A stench (or) shiver of skunks
A nest (or) bed of snakes
A wisp (or) walk of snipe
A host of sparrows
A clutter of spiders
A dray (or) scurry of squirrels
A murmuration of starlings
A mustering of storks
A flight of swallows
A herd (or) bevy (or) lamentation of swans
A wedge of swans [flying in a "V"]
A flock of swifts
A drift (or) sounder of swine
A spring of teal
A streak (or) ambush of tigers
A knot of toads
A hover of trout
A rafter (or) raft of turkeys
A dule (or) pitying of turtledoves
A bale (or) dole of turtles
A blessing of unicorns
A nest (or) generation of vipers
A pod of walrus
A pladge of wasps
A plump of waterfowl
A sneak of weasels
A school (or) gam (or) pod of whales
A raft (or) company of widgeon
A pack (or) rout of wolves
A fall of woodcocks
A descent of woodpeckers
A herd of wrens
A zeal of zebras
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