Animal groups ... Finally, a complete and accurate grouping list that characterizes animals into their proper group names. These are authentic and actual names that are humorous and fun to know. Maybe it's useless trivia but there is always a possibility one of these might appear as a game show question someday. |
Animal groups
Army of ants, frogs
Aerie of eagles, hawks Band of gorillas Bale of turtles Barren of mules Bed of clams,oysters Bevy of quail, swans Bouquet of pheasants Building of rooks Brace of ducks Brood of chicks Cast of hawks Cete of badgers Charm of goldfinches Chattering of choughs Cloud of gnats Clowder/Clutter of cats, kittens Colony of ants, bats Company of parrots Congregation of plovers, alligators Convocation of eagles Coterie of prairie dogs Covey of quail, partridge, grouse Crash of rhinoceri Cry of hounds Down of hares Drift of swine, hogs Dray of squirrels Drove of cattle, sheep Dule of Doves Exhaltation of larks Fall of woodcocks Flight of birds Flock of sheep, geese Gaggle of geese Gam of whales Gang of elks Grist of bees Herd of elephants, antelope Horde of gnats Horde of hamsters, gerbils Host of sparrows Husk of hares Kindle or Kendle of kittens Knot of toads Leap of leopards |
Leash of greyhounds, foxes
Litter of pigs, puppies or cats Mob of kangaroos Murder of crows Murmuration of starlings Muster of peacocks, storks Mute of hounds Nest of vipers,rabbits Nest, Nide of pheasants Nursery of raccoon Paddling of ducks Pack of hounds, wolves Pair of horses Passel of possum Plague of locusts Pod of whales, seals Parliament of owls Pride of lions Rafter of turkey School of fish Sedge or Siege of cranes, bittern Shoal of fish, pilchards Skein of geese, wildfowl Skulk of foxes Singular of boars Sleuth of bears Sounder of boars, swines Span of mules Shrewdness of apes Smack of jellyfish Sord of mallards Spring of teals Swarm of bees Surfeit of skunks Team of ducks, horses Tower of giraffes Tidings of magpies Tribe or Trip of goats Troop of kangaroos, monkeys Volery of birds Warren of wombats Watch of nightingales Wisp of snipes Wedge of swans Wing of plovers Yoke of oxen |