What are groups of various kinds of animals called? There are a lot of answers, sometimes for the same animal! I’ve tracked down the animals on this list for my need to know and am sharing in case anybody out there also wants to know. There are some good lists out there but I needed this formatted this way for my needs. I hope it is useful, or at least interesting, to you as well. 🙂
| Animal | 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 | Sloth, Sleuth, Litter, cubs |
| Beavers | Colony, Family |
| Bees | Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest |
| Birds | Brood or Clutch (chicks), Flight (flying), Flock or Dissimulation (ground) |
| Birds II | Volary or Brace or Plump or Knob (game), Wreck (sea) |
| Bison | Herd |
| Bitterns | Sedge, Seige |
| Bloodhounds | 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 | Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glorying, Glare |
| Cats II | Kindle or Litter or Intrigue (kittens), Destruction (wild) |
| Cattle | Drove, Herd, Team |
| Cheetahs | Coalition |
| Chickens | Brood or Peep (general), Clutch, Chattering (chicks) |
| 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 |
| Deers | Herd or Leash or Gang (general) |
| Deers II | Brace or Clash (buck), Bevy (roe) |
| Dogs | Kennel (general), Pack (wild), Litter (puppies) |
| Dogs II | Cowardice (curs), Cry or Mute or Pack (hounds) |
| Dolphins | Pod |
| Donkeys | Drove, Pace, Herd |
| Dotterel | Trip |
| Doves | Dule, Bevy, Cote, Dole, Paddling |
| Ducks | Brace or badling (ground), Flock (flying) |
| Ducks II | Raft or Team or Paddling (water) |
| 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 | Draft or Nest or Shoal or School (general) |
| Fish II | Catch or Drought or Haul (caught) |
| Flamingoes | Stand, Flamboyance |
| Flies | Business, Swarm, Cloud |
| Frogs | Army, Colony, Knot |
| Fox | Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead, Troop |
| Geese | Flock (general), Skein (flying) |
| Geese II | Gaggle or Herd or Corps (ground) |
| 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 | Cast (general), Kettle (flying), Boil (spiraling) |
| Hedgehogs | Array |
| Herons | Sedge, Siege, Hedge |
| Herring | Army, Shoal |
| Hippopotamuses | Bloat |
| Hornets | Nest, Bike |
| Horses I | Team or Harras or Stable or Troop or Stud (one owner) |
| Horses II | Rag or Rake (colts), String (ponies), Herd (wild) |
| 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 | Brace (general), Sord (flying) |
| 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 | Colony or Rookery or Huddle (general), Crèche (nursery) |
| Pheasants | Nest or Nye (general), Nide (brood), Bouquet (taking off) |
| Pigeons | Flight, Flock, Kit |
| Pigs I | Drift or Drove (general), Sounder (swine) |
| Pigs II | Singular or Sounder (boars), Litter or Farrow (piglets) |
| Pigs III | Team or Passel or Drift or Parcel (hogs) |
| Pilchards | Shoal |
| Plovers | Congregation (general), Wing (flying) |
| Polecats | Chine |
| Porcupines | Prickle |
| Porpoises | Herd, Pod, School, Crowd, Shoal |
| Prairie Dogs | Coterie |
| Ptarmigans | Covey |
| Quail | Bevy, Covey |
| Rabbits | Colony or Warren or Bury or Trace or Trip (general), Litter or Nest (young) |
| Rabbits II | Herd (domestic), Down or Husk (hares), Husk (jackrabbit) |
| 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 | Bevy or Bank or Herd (general), Wedge or Flight (flying) |
| 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 (general), Kettle (circling) |
| Walruses | Herd, Pod |
| Wasps | Nest, Swarm |
| Waterfowl | Knob, Plump |
| Weasles | Gang, Colony, Pack |
| Whales | Pod, Gam, Herd, School, Mod |
| Widgeons | Company |
| Wildfowl | Plump |
| Wolves | Pack (general), Route or Rout (moving) |
| Wombats | Wisdom |
| Woodcocks | Fall |
| Woodpeckers | Descent |
| Worms | Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat |
| Wrens | Herd |
| Zebras | Zeal, Crossing, Dazzle, Cohorts, Herd |
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