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Animal Group Congregation Names
| Alligators |
congregation |
| Antelopes |
herd |
| Ants |
colony, army, swarm |
| Asses |
pace |
| Badgers |
cete |
| Bats |
colony |
| Bears |
sloth, sleuth |
| Beavers |
colony |
| Bees |
grist, hive, swarm |
| Birds |
fleet, flight, flock, parcel, pod, volery |
| Bitterns |
sedge, siege |
| Boars |
sounder, singular |
| Bucks |
brace, clash |
| Buffalo |
herd |
| Butterflies |
flutter |
| Buzzards |
wake |
| Camels |
train, caravan, flock |
| Caribou |
herd |
| Caterpillars |
army |
| Cats |
clowder, (kittens are a kindle) |
| Cattle |
drove, herd |
| Chickens |
brood, peep |
| Chicks |
clutch, chattering |
| Cobras |
quiver |
| Cockroaches |
intrusion |
| Colts |
rag, rake |
| Cormorants |
gulp |
| Cows |
kine |
| Crocodiles |
bask, float |
| Crows |
murder, horde |
| Cubs |
litter |
| Curlews |
herd |
| Deer |
herd |
| Dogs |
pack, litter, kennel |
| Dolphins |
pod |
| Donkeys |
drove, herd, pace |
| Dotterels |
trip |
| Doves |
arc, dule, flight, paddling, pitying, piteousness |
| Ducks |
paddling, flock, raft, team |
| Eagles |
aerie, convocation |
| Eels |
bed, swarm |
| Elephants |
herd, memory |
| Elks |
gang, herd |
| Emus |
mob |
| Ferrets |
business |
| Finches |
charm |
| Fish |
school, shoal, haul, catch, run, drought |
| Flamingos |
stand, flamboyance |
| Flies |
swarm, cloud, business |
| Foxes |
leash, skulk, troop |
| Frogs |
army |
| Geese |
gaggle, skein |
| Giraffes |
herd, corps, tower |
| Gnats |
swarm, cloud, horde |
| Goats |
flock, herd, tribe, trip |
| Goldfinches |
charm |
| Goldfish |
troubling, glint |
| Gorillas |
band, troop |
| Grasshoppers |
cloud |
| Greyhounds |
leash |
| Gulls |
colony |
| Hares |
down, husk |
| Hawks |
boil, cast, kettle |
| Hens |
brood |
| Herons |
sedge, siege |
| Herrings |
shoal |
| Hippopotamuses |
bloat |
| Hogs |
drift, passel, parcel |
| Horses |
herd, band, string, team, stable, troop |
| Hounds |
pack, mute, brace, cry |
| Hyenas |
cackle |
| Jays |
party, scold, band |
| Jellyfish |
smack, brood |
| Kangaroos |
herd, mob, troop |
| Larks |
exaltation, ascension |
| Leopards |
leap |
| Lions |
pride
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| Lizards |
lounge |
| Locusts |
plague |
| Magpies |
tiding |
| Mallards |
sord |
| Martens |
richness |
| Mice |
nest |
| Moles |
company, labor, movement |
| Monkeys |
troop, barrel |
| Moose |
herd |
| Mules |
pack, span, barren |
| Nightingales |
watch |
| Otters |
romp |
| Owls |
parliament |
| Oxen |
team, yoke, drove |
| Parrots |
company, pandemonium |
| Partridges |
covey |
| Peacocks |
muster, ostentation |
| Pelicans |
pod |
| Penguins |
rook, colony, huddles, crèche |
| Pheasants |
bouquet, nye, nest, nide |
| Pigeons |
flight, flock |
| Pigs |
drift, drove, litter, sounder, team, passel |
| Plovers |
congregation, wing |
| Porcupines |
prickle |
| Porpoises |
school, herd, pod, shoal, crowd |
| Prairie Dogs |
coterie |
| Quail |
bevy, covey |
| Rabbits |
colony, nest, warren, herd, litter, down, husk |
| Raccoons |
gaze |
| Rats |
colony, pack, plague, swarm |
| Rattlesnakes |
rhumba |
| Ravens |
unkindness |
| Rhinoceroses |
crash |
| Roebucks |
bevy |
| Sardines |
family |
| Seals |
pod, herd, rookery |
| Sharks |
school, shiver, herd |
| Sheep |
down, drove, flock, pack, hurtle, trip, fold |
| Snakes |
den, nest, pit, bed, knot, |
| Sparrows |
host |
| Spiders |
clutter |
| Squirrels |
dray, scurry |
| Starlings |
chattering, murmuration |
| Storks |
mustering, mustering |
| Swallows |
flight |
| Swans |
bevy, herd, wedge, bank |
| Swifts |
flock |
| Swine |
sounder, drift, herd |
| Teals |
spring |
| Tigers |
ambush, streak |
| Toad |
knot, nest |
| Trout |
hover |
| Turkeys |
raft, rafter |
| Turtledoves |
dule, pitying |
| Turtles |
bale, dole |
| Vipers |
generation, nest |
| Walruses |
herd, pod |
| Weasels |
pack, colony |
| Whales |
pod, gam, herd, school |
| Wild Cats |
destruction |
| Wildfowl |
plump |
| Wolves |
pack, rout |
| Wombats |
wisdom |
| Woodcocks |
fall |
| Woodpeckers |
descent |
| Zebras |
crossing, herd, zeal |
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