All of the names in this list may be used by birders who wish to display their knowledge, although it is probably linguistically inaccurate (and it is bad manners) to interrupt someone who refers to “a flock of swans” by saying, “Surely you mean a whiteness of swans.”
The names are still fun to know and perhaps useful in some situations, so here is a list of names for groups of birds.
(Format: a [group name] of [bird name] i.e., a band of jays)
Names for Groups of Birds
Alphabetically by Group Name
Alphabetically by Bird Name
Group Name
Bird Name
Bird Name
Group Name
band
jays
birds
dissimulation
bevy
quail
bitterns
siege
bouquet
pheasants
chickens
peep
brood
hens
pheasants (family)
coots
cover
building
rooks
cormorants
flight
cast
falcons
hawks
cranes
herd
cauldron
raptors
crows
murder
muster
charm
finches
hummingbirds
dotterel
trip
chattering
starlings
doves
dule
flight
clamour
rooks
ducks
ducks (in flight)
ducks (on water)
raft
team
paddling
company
parrots
eagles
convocation
congress
ravens
falcons
cast
congregation
plovers
finches
charm
convocation
eagles
geese
geese (in flight)
geese (in V formation)
geese (on water)
skein
skein
wedge
gaggle
colony
gulls
penguins
goshawks
flight
cover
coots
grouse
grouse (larger group)
grouse (single family)
covey
pack
covey
covey
grouse (single family)
partridges
ptarmigans
quail
gulls
colony
deceit
lapwings
hawks
cast
descent
woodpeckers
hens
brood
dissimulation
birds
herons
siege
dule
doves
hummingbirds
charm
exaltation
larks
jays
band
party
fall
woodcocks
lapwings
deceit
flight
cormorants
doves
goshawks
pigeons
swallows
larks
exaltation
flock
parrots
pigeons
swifts
magpies
tidings
flush
mallards
mallards
flush
sord
gaggle
geese (on water)
nighthawks
kettle
herd
cranes
swans
wrens
nightingales
watch
host
sparrows
owls
parliament
kettle
nighthawks
raptors
parrots
company
flock
knob
widgeons
partridges
covey
murmuration
starlings
peacocks
muster
ostentation
murder
crows
penguins
colony
muster
crows
peacocks
pheasants
bouquet
mustering
storks
pheasants (family)
brood
nye
pheasants (large group)
pheasants (large group)
nye
ostentation
peacocks
pigeons
flight
flock
pack
grouse (large group)
plovers
congregation
paddling
ducks (on water)
poultry
run
parliament
owls
ptarmigans
covey
party
jays
quail
bevy
covey
peep
chickens
raptors
cauldron
kettle
pitying
turtle doves
ravens
congress
unkindness
raft
ducks
rooks
building
clamour
rafter
turkeys
snipe
walk
wisp
run
poultry
sparrows
host
siege
bitterns
herons
starlings
chattering
murmuration
skein
geese (in flight)
storks
mustering
sord
mallards
swallows
flight
spring
teal
swans
herd
whiteness
team
ducks (in flight)
swans (in V formation)
wedge
tidings
magpies
swifts
flock
trip
dotterel
teal
spring
unkindness
ravens
turkeys
rafter
walk
snipe
turtle doves
pitying
watch
nightingales
widgeons
knob
wedge
swans (in V formation)
woodcocks
fall
whiteness
swans
woodpeckers
descent
wisp
snipe
wrens
herd
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