Animals - Group Name
Albatross - Rookery
Alligators - Congregation
Apes -
Shrewdness, Troop
Antelope - Herd
Ants -
Colony, Army, Swarm, Nest
Asses - Pace, Herd, Drove
Auks -
Colony, Flock, Raft
Baboons - Troop, Flange
Bacteria - Culture
Badgers - Cete, Colony, Set, Company
Barracudas - Battery
Bats -
Colony, Cloud
Bass -
Shoal
Bears (General) - Sloth, Sleuth
Bears (Cubs) - Litter
Beavers - Colony, Family
Bees -
Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest
Birds (Chicks) - Brood, Clutch
Birds (Flight) - Flight
Birds (Game) - Volary, Brace, Plump, Knob
Birds (Ground) - Flock, Dissimulation
Birds (Sea) - Wreck
Bison - Herd
Bitterns - Sedge, Seige
Bloodhou nds - Sute
Bobolinks - Chain
Buffalo - Herd ,
Troop, Gang, Obstinancy
Bullfinches - Bellowing
Bullocks - Drove
Butterflies - Flight, Flutter, (Many more)
Buzzards - Wake
Camels - Caravan, Train, Flock
Capons - Mews
Caribou - Herd
Caterpillars - Army
Cats (General) - Clowder, Clutter, Pounce,
Dout, Nuisance, Glorying, Glare
Cats (Kittens) - Kindle, Litter, Intrigue
Cats (Wild) - Destruction
Cattle - Drove, Herd, Team
Cheetahs - Coalition
Chickens (General) - Brood, Peep
Chickens (Chicks) - Clutch, Chattering
Chinchilla - Colony
Choughs - Clattering
Clams - Bed
Cobras - Quiver
Cockroaches - Intrusion
Cod -
Lap
Coots - Cover, Raft
Cormorants - Gulp
Cows -
Kine
Coyotes - Band
Crabs - Cast
Cranes - Sedge, Seige
Crocodiles - Bask, Float
Crows - Murder,
Horde, Parcel, Storytelling
Curlews - Herd
Deer (General) - Herd, Leash, Gang
Deer (Buck) - Brace, Clash
Deer (Roe) - Bevy
Dogs (General) - Kennel
Dogs (Curs) - Cowardice
Dogs (Hounds) - Cry, Mute, Pack
Dogs (Puppies) - Litter
Dogs (Wild) - Pack
Dolphins - Pod
Donkeys - Drove, Pace, Herd
Dotterel - Trip
Doves (General) - Dule, Bevy, Cote, Dole, Paddling
Doves (Turtle) - Pitying, Piteousness
Ducks (Flight) - Flock
Ducks (Ground) - Brace, badling
Ducks (Water) - Raft, Team, Paddling
Dunlins - Fling
Eagles - Convocation, Aerie
Eels -
Swarm, Bed, Fry
Elephants - Herd, Memory
Elk -
Gang, Herd
Emus -
Mob
Falcons - Cast
Ferrets - Business, Cast, Fesnying
Finches - Charm
Fish (General) - Draft, Nest, Shoal, School
("school" is possibly a corruption of
shoal)
Fish (Caught) - Catch, Drought, Haul
Flamingoes - Stand, Flamboyance
Flies - Business, Swarm, Cloud
Frogs - Army, Colony, Knot
Fox -
Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead, Troop
Geese (General) - Flock
Geese (Flight) - Skein
Geese (Ground) - Gaggle, Herd, Corps
Giraffes - Tower
Gnats - Cloud, Horde, Swarm
Gnus -
Implausibility
Goats - Tribe, Trip, Drove, Herd, Flock
Goldfinches - Charm
Goldfish - Glint, Troubling
Gorillas - Band, Troop
Goshawks - Flight
Grasshoppers - Cloud
Greyhounds - Leash
Grouse - Pack, Covey
Guillemots - Bazaar
Gulls - Colony, Screech
Guinea Fowl - Confusion
Hawks (General) - Cast
Hawks (Flight) - Kettle
Hawks (Spiraling) - Boil
Hedgehogs - Array
Herons - Sedge, Siege, Hedge
Herring - Army, Shoal
Hippopotamuses - Bloat
Hornets - Nest, Bike
Horses (General) - Team, Harras, Stable, Troop, Stud
(a group belonging to one owner)
Horses (Colts) - Rag, Rake
Horses (Ponies) - String
Horses (Wild) - Herd
Hummingbirds - Charm
Hyenas - Cackle, Clan
Impalas - Herd
Insects - Horde, Nest, Swarm, Rabble, Plague
Jays -
Party, Scold, Band
Jellyfish - Smack, Brood
Kangaroos - Troop, Mob, Herd
Lapwings - Deceit
Larks - Exaltation, Ascension
Leopards - Leap
Lice -
Flock
Lions - Pride, Sault, Troop
Lizards - Lounge
Locusts - Plague
Magpies - Tiding, Gulp, Murder, Charm
Mallards (General) - Brace
Mallards (Flight) - Sord
Martens - Richness
Mice -
Mischief
Midges - Bite
Minnows - Shoal, Steam, Swarm
Moles - Labor, Company, Movement
Monkeys - Troop, Barrel, Carload, Cartload, Tribe
Moose - Herd
Mosquitoes - Scourge
Mudhens - Fleet
Mules - Pack, Span, Barren, Rake
Nightingales - Watch
Otters - Romp, Bevy, Family, Raft
Owls -
Parliament, Stare
Oxen -
Team, Yoke, Drove
Oysters - Bed
Parrots - Company, Pandemonium
Partridge - Covey, Bew
Peacocks - Muster, Ostentation, Pride
Pekingese - Pomp
Pelicans - Pod
Penguins (General) - Colony, Rookery, Huddle
Penguins (Nursery) - Crèche
Pheasants (General) - Nest, Nye
Pheasants (Brood) - Nide
Pheasants (Take-Off) - Bouquet
Pigeons - Flight, Flock, Kit
Pigs (General) - Drift, Drove
Pigs (Boars) - Singular, Sounder
Pigs (Hogs) - Team, Passel, Drift, Parcel
Pigs (Piglets) - Litter, Farrow
Pigs (Swine) - Sounder
Pilchards - Shoal
Plovers (General) - Congregation
Plovers (Flight) - Wing
Polecats - Chine
Porcupines - Prickle
Porpoises - Herd, Pod, School, Crowd, Shoal
Prairie Dogs - Coterie
Ptarmigans - Covey
Quail - Bevy, Covey
Rabbits (General) - Colony, Warren, Bury, Trace, Trip
Rabbits (Domestic) - Herd
Rabbits (Hares) - Down, Husk
Rabbits (Jackrabbit) - Husk
Rabbits (Young) - Litter, Nest
Raccoons - Gaze
Rats -
Colony, Pack, Plague, Swarm
Rattlesnakes - Rhumba
Ravens - Unkindness, Storytelling
Reindeer - Herd
Rhinoceroses - Crash, Stubbornness
Roebucks - Bevy
Rooks - Building, Clamor, Parliament
Ruffs - Hill
Salamandars - Congress
Salmon - Run
Sandpipers - Fling
Sardines - Family
Scorpions - Bed, Nest
Seabirds - Wreck
Seals - Pod, Bob, Harem, Herd, Rookery
Sharks - Shiver, School, Shoal
Sheep - Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold,
Pack, Trip
Sheldrakes - Doading
Skylarks - Exultation
Squirrels - Dray, Scurry
Snails - Escargatoire, Rout, Walk
Snakes - Den, Nest, Pit, Bed, Knot
Snipe - Walk, Wisp
Sparrows - Host
Spiders - Cluster, Clutter
Springbok - Herd
Squirrels - Dray, Scurry
Starlings - Murmuration, Chattering
Stingrays - Fever
Stoats - Pack, Trip
Storks - Mustering, Muster
Swallows - Flight, Gulp
Swans (General) - Bevy, Bank, Herd
Swans (Flight) - Wedge, Flight
Swifts - Flock
Teal -
Spring
Termites - Colony, Nest, Swarm, Brood
Thrush - Mutation
Tigers - Streak, Ambush
Toads - Knot, Knab, Nest
Trout - Hover
Turkeys - Rafter, Gang, Posse
Turtles - Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole
Turtle Doves - Pitying, Dule
Vipers - Generation, Nest
Vultures - Venue
Vultures (Circling) - Kettle
Walruses - Herd, Pod
Wasps - Nest, Swarm
Waterfowl - Knob, Plump
Weasles - Gang, Colony, Pack
Whales - Pod, Gam, Herd, School, Mod
Widgeons - Company
Wildfowl - Plump
Wolves (General) - Pack
Wolves (Moving) - Route, Rout
Wombats - Wisdom
Woodcocks - Fall
Woodpeckers - Descent
Worms - Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat
Wrens - Herd
Zebras - Zeal, Crossing, Dazzle, Cohorts, Herd