Monday, February 11, 2008

Collective Nouns - Birds

Birds

Species

Collective Term
(most usual first)

Birds

Volery

Bitterns

Sedge, Siege

Budgerigars

Chatter

Bustards

Flock

Capercaillies

Tok

Chickens

Brood, Peep

Choughs

Chattering, Clattering

Coots

Cover, Raft

Cormorants

Flight

Cranes

Sedge, Siege

Crows

Murder, Hover

Curlews

Head

Doves

Flight, Dole, Dule, Pitying, Prettying

Ducks

Flush, Team
(diving) dopping
(in flight) team, plump
(on water) Paddling
(brood) Flush
(pair) Brace

Dunlin

Fling

Eagles

Convocation

Falcons

Cast

Finches

Charm, Trimming, Trembling

Geese

(at rest) Gaggle, Flock, Nide
(in flight) Skein

Goldfinches

Glister, Charm, Chattering, Drum, Troubling

Goshawks

Flight

Grouse

Covey
(single family) Brood
(large group) Pack

Guillemots

Bazaar

Gulls

Colony, Pack

Hawks

Cast, Leash, Kettle

Hens

Brood

Herons

Sedge, Siege

Hummingbirds

Shimmer, Charm

Jays

Band, Party

Lapwings

Desert, Deceit

Larks

Exultation, Bevy, Ascension

Magpies

Tittering, Tiding

Mallards

Sord
(on land) Flush, Sute
(on water) Puddling

Nightingales

Match, Watch

Owls

Parliament, Stare

Parrots

Flock, Company

Partridges

Covey, Bew

Peacocks

Muster, Ostentation, Pride

Penguins

Raft (in water), Waddle (on dry land)

Pheasants

Nye, Bouquet

Pigeons

Flight, Flock

Plovers

Congregation, Leash, Wing

Poultry

Run

Puffins

Raft

Quail

Bevy, Covey

Ravens

Unkindness, Conspiracy

Rooks

Parliament, Building, Clamour

Ruffs

Hill

Sea Fowl

Cloud

Seagulls

Squabble

Sheldrakes

Dopping, Doading

Snipe

(at rest) Walk
(in flight) Wisp

Sparrows

Host, Quarrel, Tribe

Starlings

Murmuration

Storks

Mustering

Swallows

Flight

Swans

Herd, Bank, Bevy, Game, Squadron, Wedge, Whiteness, Drift

Swifts

Flock

Teal

Spring, Coil, Knob, Raft

Terns

Dread

Thrushes

Mutation

Turkeys

Flock, Dole, Dule, Raffle, Raft, Rafter

Turtledoves

Pitying

Vultures

Wake

Waterfowl

Plump

Widgeon

Company, Bunch, Coil, Knob

Wildfowl

Trip

Woodcock

Fall, Covey, Plump

Woodpeckers

Descent

Wrens

Herd


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