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A Murder, a Kettle or a Parliament

Prefer your birds en masse?

Try some of these collective nouns …

 

Birds in General

A flock, dissimulation or volery

 

Grouse

A brace or covey

Bitterns

A siege or sedge

 

Gulls

A colony

Chickens

A peep

 

Hawks

A kettle or cast

Coots

A cover or raft

 

Hens (chickens)

A brood

Cormorants

A flight

 

Herons

A siege

Cranes

A sedge

 

Kingfishers

A concentration

Crows

A congress or murder

 

Lapwings

A deceit

Curlews

A herd

 

Larks

An exaltation

Doves

A dule, flight, dole, cote or piteousness

 

Mallards

A sord, flush or puddling

Ducks

A paddling, raft, team or dopping

 

Owls

A parliament or wisdom

Dunlin

A fling

 

Parrots

A company

Eagles

A convocation

 

Partridges

A covey

Falcons

A cast

 

Peacocks

An ostentation or a murder

Finches

A charm or trembling

 

Pelicans

A squadron

Flamingos

A flamboyance

 

Penguins

A colony, huddle or pride

Geese

A gaggle or skein

 

Plovers

A congregation, wing or leash

Goshawks

A flight

 

Quail

A bevy or covey

 

 

 

 

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