List of Collective Nouns: Birds

1. auk auk" is something which is a bird that is a diving seabird with a heavy body, a black head, black and white underparts, and short neck, tail and wings.last updated 3/20/2015
   1. a colony of auks
   2. a flock of auks
   3. a raft of auks
2. avocet avocet" is something which is a bird that is alarge shorebirds with long legs, webbed feet and slender upward curved bill and black and whitepatterned plumage.last updated 3/20/2015
   1. a colony of avocets
3. bird bird" is something which is a living organism that is a.warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate with a feather covered body, wings feature modified from forelimbs and a beak.last updated 3/21/2015
   1. a dissimulation of birds
   2. a fleet of birds
   3. a flight of birds
   4. a flock of birds
   5. a parcel of birds
   6. a pod of birds
   7. a volary of birds
4. bittern bittern" is something which is a bird that a large wading bird shorter legs , a stouter body, brown streaked plumage and a booming call.last updated 3/27/2015
   1. a sedge of bitterns
   2. a siege of bitterns
5. bobolink bobolink" is something which is a bird that is anAmerican migratory songbird with finch-like bill.last updated 3/20/2015
   1. a chain of bobolinks
6. bullfinch bullfinch" is something which is a bird that is a small European bird with a black head, wings and tail, and a pink chest.last updated 3/18/2015
   1. a bellowing of bullfinches
7. bustard bustard" is something which is a bird that is a large swift-running terrestrial bird with a heavy body, long strong legs, a long neck and speckled plumage.last updated 3/22/2015
   1. a flock of bustards
8. buzzard buzzard" is something which is a bird that is a large diurnal bird of prey with broad wings, a round tail and a soaring flight.last updated 3/25/2015
   1. a wake of buzzards
9. capercaillie capercaillie" is something which is an animal that is a large turkey-like European woodland grouse with a black plumage and fan-shaped tail in the male.last updated 3/25/2015
   1. a tok of capercaillies
10. capon capon" is something which is a male animal that is a castrated domestic cock with the removal ofpart of the sex organs.last updated 3/24/2015
    1. a muse of capons
11. chicken chicken" is something which is a bird that is a domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat.last updated 3/19/2015
    1. a brood of chickens
    2. a cletch of chickens
    3. a clutch of chickens
    4. a peep of chickens
12. chough chough" is something which is a bird that is a large passerine bird with glossy blue-black plumage, red legs, a downcurved bill and broad red rounded wings.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a chattering of choughs
    2. a clattering of choughs
13. coot coot" is something which is a bird that is an aquatic bird with lobed toes, black and grey plumage, a white bill with a horny shield, and lives near rivers and lakes.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a commotion of coots
    2. a cover of coots
    3. a covert of coots
    4. a fleet of coots
    5. a flock of coots
    6. a pod of coots
    7. a rasp of coots
    8. a swarm of coots
14. cormorant cormorant" is something which is a bird that is a large aquatic diving bird with a dark plumage, a lobg neck and body and a slender hooked beak and lives coastal and inland waters.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a flight of cormorants
    2. a gulp of cormorants
15. crane crane" is something which is a bird that is a large tall wading bird with a long neck, long thin leg, white or grey plumage and often with tail plumes and patches of bare red skin on the head, and lives near water.last updated 3/23/2015
    1. a herd of cranes
    2. a sedge of cranes
    3. a siege of cranes
16. crow crow" is something which is a bird that is a large gregarious passerine songbird with a heavy bill, glossy black plumage, and rounded wingslast updated 3/24/2015
    1. a hover of crows
    2. a murder of crows
    3. a muster of crows
    4. a parcel of crows
17. curlew curlew" is something which is a bird that is a large wading shore bird with a very long downward curving thin bill, long legs and brown steaked plumage .last updated 3/23/2015
    1. a head of curlews
    2. a herd of curlews
18. dotterel dotterel" is something which is a bird that is a small Eurasian plover with reddish-brown underparts and white bands around the head and neck.last updated 3/25/2015
    1. a trip of dotterels
19. dove dove" is something which is a bird that is a small stocky pigeon-like bird but smaller with a small head, short legs, long pointed wings, white or grey plumage and a cooing voice, and feeds on seeds or fruit.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a dole of doves
    2. a dule of doves
    3. a flight of doves
    4. a piteousness of doves
    5. a pitying of doves
    6. a prettying of doves
20. duck duck is a waterbird which lives by water and has webbed feet.last updated 1/2/2016
    1. a badelynge of ducks
    2. a brace of ducks
    3. a bunch of ducks
    4. a dopping of ducks
    5. a flock of ducks
    6. a flush of ducks
    7. a paddling of ducks
    8. a plump of ducks
    9. a raft of ducks
    10. a safe of ducks
    11. a skein of ducks
    12. a sord of ducks
    13. a string of ducks
    14. a team of ducks
21. dunbird dunbird" is something which is a bird that is a duck of ruddy duck or pochard.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a flight of dunbirds
    2. a rush of dunbirds
22. dunlin dunlin" is something which is a bird that is a small migratory sandpiper with a downcurved bill, rusty brown back and white below and black breast in summer.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a fling of dunlins
23. eagle eagle" is something which is a bird that is a large bird of prey and have long broad wings and keen sight for powerful soaring flight and killing other birds and animals.last updated 3/17/2015
    1. a convocation of eagles
    2. an aerie of eagles eagle" is something which is a bird that is a large bird of prey and have long broad wings and keen sight for powerful soaring flight and killing other birds and animals.last updated 3/17/2015
    3. an eyrie of eagles
24. falcon falcon" is something which is a bird that is adiurnal bird of prey with long pointed wings,a long tail and a notched beak and catch other birds from above by diving.last updated 3/19/2015
    1. a cast of falcons
25. finch finch" is something which is a bird that is a small songbird with short stout bill and colourful plumage.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a charm of finches
    2. a chirm of finches
    3. a trembling of finches
    4. a trimming of finches
26. flamingo flamingo" is something which is a bird that is a large tall wading bird with a very long neck, long thin legs, a pink-and-red plumage and heavy downward-bent bill and lives in brackish lakes.last updated 3/25/2015
    1. a stand of flamingos
27. goldfinch goldfinch" is something which is a bird that is a brightly coloured finch with yellow feathers in the plumage.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a charm of goldfinches
    2. a chattering of goldfinches
    3. a drum of goldfinches
    4. a troubling of goldfinches
28. goosander goosander" is something which is a bird that is a large merganser or diving duck with a dark head and white body in the male.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a dopping of goosanders
29. goose goose" is something which is a bird that is a large gregarious and migratory waterbird like a duck but larger, with long neck, short legs, webbed feet, and a short broad bill.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a flock of geese
    2. a gaggle of geese
    3. a plump of geese
    4. a skein of geese
    5. a team of geese
    6. a wedge of geese
30. goshawk goshawk" is something which is a bird that is a large, swift, powerful hawk or accipiter with a grayish-blue above and a barred white and gray underside, a white stripe above and behind the eyes, short rounded wings, a long rounded tail.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a flight of goshawks
31. grouse grouse" is something which is a bird that is a chiefly ground-dwelling bird with a plump body and feathered legs.last updated 3/19/2015
    1. a brace of grouse
    2. a brood of grouse
    3. a covey of grouse
    4. a flight of grouse
    5. a pack of grouse
32. guillemot guillemot" is something which is a bird that is a northern oceanic diving bird of auks with a long narrow pointed bill and black-and-white plumage and usually nests on cliff ledges.last updated 3/18/2015
    1. a bazaar of guillemots
33. gull gull" is something which is a bird that is an aquatic bird witha raucous call, long pointed wings, short legs, webbed foot and gray and white plumage.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a colony of gulls
34. hawk hawk" is something which is a bird that is a bird of prey and have round broad wings and a long tail.last updated 3/17/2015
    1. a cast of hawks
    2. a kettle of hawks
    3. a mew of hawks
    4. a mews of hawks
    5. a moulting of hawks
    6. a screw of hawks
    7. a stream of hawks
    8. an aerie of hawks hawk" is something which is a bird that is a bird of prey and have round broad wings and a long tail.last updated 3/17/2015
    9. an eyrie of hawks
35. hen hen" is something which is a bird that is anadult female chicken and is usually kept for its eggs.last updated 3/19/2015
    1. a brood of hens
36. heron heron" is something which is a bird that is a large fish-eating wading birds with a long neck, long S-shaped legs, and a long, tapered bill and grey or white plumage, and living along marshes and river banks.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a flight of herons
    2. a hedge of herons
    3. a rookery of herons
    4. a sedge of herons
    5. a siege of herons
37. hummingbird hummingbird" is something which is a bird that is a very small American bird with a long slender, a brilliant iridescent plumage and powerful wings for hovering and flying backwards.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a charm of hummingbirds
    2. a chattering of hummingbirds
    3. a drum of hummingbirds
    4. a troubling of hummingbirds
38. ibis ibis" is something which is a bird that is a large tall wading bird with a long thin down-curved bill, a long neck and long legs.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a colony of ibises
39. jay jay" is something which is a bird that is a noisy and colorful bird of crow family.last updated 3/17/2015
    1. a band of jays
    2. a party of jays
    3. a scold of jays
40. lapwing lapwing" is something which is a bird that is a large plover with a crested black and white head, wattles, and spurs, and characterized by slow irregular flapping flight and shrill wailing cry.last updated 3/21/2015
    1. a deceit of lapwings
    2. a desert of lapwings
41. lark lark" is something which is a bird that is a small songbird with brown streaky plumage living mainly on the ground and is known for beautiful singing.last updated 3/17/2015
    1. a bevy of larks
    2. a flight of larks
    3. an ascension of larks
    4. an exaltation of larks
42. linnet linnet" is something which is a bird that is a small brownish finch with a red breast and forehead in male.last updated 3/26/2015
    1. a parcel of linnets
43. magpie magpie" is something which is a bird that is a passerine bird with a long tail, black and white plumage and a chattering call.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a charm of magpies
    2. a congregation of magpies
    3. a flock of magpies
    4. a gulp of magpies
    5. a murder of magpies
    6. a tiding of magpies
    7. a tittering of magpies
    8. a tribe of magpies
44. mallard mallard" is something which is a bird that is a wild duck with a dark green head, a white ringed neck and reddish-brown breast in male.last updated 3/23/2015
    1. a flush of mallards
    2. a puddling of mallards
    3. a sord of mallards
    4. a sute of mallards
45. moorhen moorhen" is something which is a bird that is a small aquatic rail with a black plumage, red bill, a red shield above the bill and a white band on the flanks.last updated 3/26/2015
    1. a plump of moorhens
46. mudhen mudhen" is something which is a bird that is a marsh-inhabiting bird of cool etc.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a fleet of mudhens
47. nightingale nightingale" is something which is a bird that is a brownish European songbird with a broad reddish-brown tail and is known for its musical song.last updated 3/24/2015
    1. a match of nightingales
    2. a pray of nightingales
    3. a watch of nightingales
48. ostrich ostrich" is something which is a bird that is the largest fast-running flightless African bird with a naked head, long neck, long legs, stout two-toed feet and a dark feathered body.last updated 3/23/2015
    1. a flock of ostriches
    2. a pride of ostriches
49. owl owl" is something which is a bird that is a nocturnal bird of prey with a large head, a large front-facing eyes, a facial disc, a small hooked powerful bill, strong claws, soft feathers, and a short neck, and usually hunts at night.last updated 3/25/2015
    1. a parliament of owls
    2. a stare of owls
50. oxbird oxbird" is something which is a bird that is a dunlin, Sanderling or sandpiper.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a fling of oxbirds
51. parrot parrot" is something which is a bird that is a tropical and subtropical bird with a compact body, bright vividly colored plumage, a short downcurved hooked bill, grasping feet and an ability to mimic sounds.last updated 3/21/2015
    1. a company of parrots
    2. a flock of parrots
    3. a pandemonium of parrots
    4. a psittacosis of parrots
52. partridge partridge" is something which is a bird that is a game bird with a round body, a short tail and covers mainly with brown camouflaged plumage, and is usually hunted for food and sport.last updated 3/18/2015
    1. a bevy of partridges
    2. a bew of partridges
    3. a clutch of partridges
    4. a covey of partridges
    5. a warren of partridges
53. peacock peacock" is something which is a bird that is a male peafow with a crested head and a very large long tail feathers marked with blue and green eyelike spots, and is characterized by a fanlike tail when erected and fanned out in display.last updated 3/26/2015
    1. a muster of peacocks
    2. a pride of peacocks
    3. an ostentation of peacocks
54. pelican pelican" is something which is a bird that is a large gregarious waterbird with mainly white or grey plumage, a long straight flattened bill and an extensible throat pouch for engulfing fish in the lower part of bill.last updated 3/26/2015
    1. a pod of pelicans
    2. a scoop of pelicans
55. penguin penguin" is something which is a bird that is a flightless marine seabird with a black upper parts and white underpartbody, small wings modified as flippers for swimming under water, webbed feet, and feathers lacking barbs, and lives in or near the Antarctic.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a colony of penguins
    2. a parcel of penguins
    3. a rookery of penguins
56. peregrine peregrine" is something which is an animal that is a large powerful falcon with dark back and wings and a lightly coloured front.last updated 3/19/2015
    1. a cadge of peregrines
57. pheasant pheasant" is something which is a bird that is a large gallinaceous bird with a rounded body, a long tail and very showy plumage, and spends a lot of time on the groundlast updated 3/19/2015
    1. a bouquet of pheasants
    2. a head of pheasants
    3. a nide of pheasants
    4. a nye of pheasants
    5. a warren of pheasants
58. pigeon pigeon" is something which is a bird that is a stout seed or fruit eating bird with small head, short legs, long pointed wings and smooth and compact plumage.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a flight of pigeons
    2. a flock of pigeons
    3. a kit of pigeons
    4. a passel of pigeons
59. pintail pintail" is something which is an animal that is a greyish-brown duck with slender pointed wings, a elongated and cetral pointed tail, and a brown head, a white breast, a white line continuing up the side of the neck in male.last updated 3/24/2015
    1. a knob of pintails
60. plover plover" is something which is a bird that is a shore bird of the Charadriidae family with a short tail and long legs lives the grassland near the sea.last updated 3/17/2015
    1. a band of plovers
    2. a congregation of plovers
    3. a flight of plovers
    4. a leash of plovers
    5. a stand of plovers
    6. a wing of plovers
61. pochard pochard" is something which is a bird that is a heavy-bodied diving duck with a large head.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a flight of pochards
    2. a knob of pochards
    3. a rush of pochards
62. poultry poultry" is something which is a collection of birds that are domestic fowls or birds, such as chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks, collectively breeding on farms for their eggs or meat.last updated 3/26/2015
    1. a run of poultry
63. ptarmigan ptarmigan" is something which is a bird that is a arctic and subarctic grouse with completely feathered legs and feet and white plumage in winter.last updated 3/21/2015
    1. a covey of ptarmigans
64. quail quail" is something which is a bird that is a small game bird with a round body, a short tail and covers mainly with brown camouflaged plumage, and is usually hunted for food and sport.last updated 3/18/2015
    1. a bevy of quails
    2. a covey of quails
    3. a drift of quails
65. raven raven" is something which is a bird that is a largest bird of crow and have shiny black plumage.last updated 3/17/2015
    1. a conspiracy of ravens
    2. an aerie of ravens raven" is something which is a bird that is a largest bird of crow and have shiny black plumage.last updated 3/17/2015
    3. an eyrie of ravens
    4. an unkindness of ravens
66. redwing redwing" is something which is an animal that is a small European migratory thrush with a speckled breast, reddish underwings, and brown back.last updated 3/21/2015
    1. a crowd of redwings
67. rook rook" is something which is a bird that is alarge Eurasian passerine bird with black plumage and bare face, and usually nests and roosts in treetop colonies.last updated 3/19/2015
    1. a building of rooks
    2. a clamour of rooks
    3. a congregation of rooks
    4. a parliament of rooks
    5. a shoal of rooks
    6. a wing of rooks
68. ruff ruff" is something which is a bird that is a shore bird with a large erectile ruff of feathers in male in breeding season.last updated 3/24/2015
    1. a hill of ruffs
69. sandpiper sandpiper" is something which is a bird that is a wading shore bird with a long slender bill and long legs and cryptic plumage, and lives near the sea.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a fling of sandpipers
70. seafowl seafowl" is something which is a bird that is a seabird living on or near the sea.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a cloud of seafowls
71. seagull seagull" is something which is a bird that is a large web-footed aquatic bird with long pointed wings, short legs, and a mostly gray and white plumage, and lives near the ocean.last updated 3/25/2015
    1. a squabble of seagulls
72. sheldrake sheldrake" is something which is a bird that is a large goose-like duck with usually brightly coloured plumage and black and white wings in flight.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a doading of sheldrakes
    2. a dopping of sheldrakes
73. snipe snipe" is something which is a bird that is a wading bird of marshes and wet meadows with a long thin straight bill, brown camouflaged plumage and typically a drumming display flight.last updated 3/24/2015
    1. a walk of snipes
    2. a wisp of snipes
74. sparrow sparrow" is something which is a bird that is a small weaverbird with a brown or grey plumage .last updated 3/24/2015
    1. a host of sparrows
    2. a meinie of sparrows
    3. a quarrel of sparrows
    4. a tribe of sparrows
    5. a ubiquity of sparrows
75. starling starling" is something which is a bird that is a gregarious passerine songbird with black or dark brown plumage and a short tail, and lives in large groups.last updated 3/20/2015
    1. a chattering of starlings
    2. a cloud of starlings
    3. a clutter of starlings
    4. a congregation of starlings
    5. a murmuration of starlings
76. stork stork" is something which is a bird that is a large wading bird with a long nect, a very long legs for walking around in water to find food, a long ltout pointed bill and white and black plumage.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a flight of storks
    2. a mustering of storks
    3. a phalanx of storks
77. swallow swallow" is something which is a bird that is a small migratory passerine oscine songbird with short bill, long pointed wings, a deeply forked tail, short legs, and a rapid flightlast updated 3/22/2015
    1. a flight of swallows
    2. a gulp of swallows
78. swan swan" is something which is a bird that is a large aquatic bird with a long neck and lives on rivers or lakes.last updated 3/17/2015
    1. a bank of swans
    2. a bevy of swans
    3. a drift of swans
    4. a game of swans
    5. a herd of swans
    6. a lamentation of swans
    7. a sownder of swans
    8. a squadron of swans
    9. a team of swans
    10. a wedge of swans
    11. a whiteness of swans
    12. a whiting of swans
    13. an eyrar of swans
79. swift swift" is something which is a bird that is a small swift-flying insectivorous bird that with long narrow curved pointed wings and spend most of the time on the winglast updated 3/22/2015
    1. a flock of swifts
80. teal teal" is something which is a bird that is asmall freshwater ducks with a greenish band on the wing.last updated 3/19/2015
    1. a bunch of teals
    2. a coil of teals
    3. a knob of teals
    4. a raft of teals
    5. a spring of teals
81. thrush thrush" is something which is a bird that is a small or medium-sized songbird with a brown plumage, a spotted breast and loud song.last updated 3/26/2015
    1. a mutation of thrushes
82. turkey turkey" is something which is a bird that is a large gallinaceous bird with a bare wattled head and neck, and a brownish iridescent plumage.last updated 3/22/2015
    1. a dole of turkeys
    2. a dule of turkeys
    3. a flock of turkeys
    4. a posse of turkeys
    5. a raffle of turkeys
    6. a raft of turkeys
    7. a rafter of turkeys
83. turtledove turtledove" is something which is a bird that is a dove with a brown plumage, speckled wings and a long dark tail, characterized by a soft pleasant sound.last updated 3/26/2015
    1. a pitying of turtledoves
84. vulture vulture" is something which is a bird that is a very large diurnal birds of prey with a small and featherless head, a more or less bare of feathers neck broad wings, soaring flight, and usually gather with other in anticipate the death of an animal and feeds on carrion.last updated 3/21/2015
    1. a colony of vultures
    2. a committee of vultures
    3. a wake of vultures
85. waterfowl waterfowl" is something which is a bird that is any aquatic freshwater bird living in or near water.last updated 3/19/2015
    1. a bunch of waterfowls
    2. a knob of waterfowls
    3. a plump of waterfowls
    4. a raft of waterfowls
86. widgeon widgeon" is something which is a bird that is a dabbling duck with reddish-brown and grey plumage.last updated 3/19/2015
    1. a bunch of widgeons
    2. a coil of widgeons
    3. a company of widgeons
    4. a flight of widgeons
    5. a knob of widgeons
    6. a trip of widgeons
87. wildfowl wildfowl" is something which is a bird that is any bird living in the wild and is usually for sporting.last updated 3/19/2015
    1. a bunch of wildfowls
    2. a knob of wildfowls
    3. a lute of wildfowls
    4. a plump of wildfowls
    5. a scry of wildfowls
    6. a skein of wildfowls
    7. a sord of wildfowls
    8. a sute of wildfowls
    9. a trip of wildfowls
88. woodcock woodcock" is something which is a bird that is a woodland snipe-like bird but larger and having shorter leg and with a long bill, a short neck, brown camouflaged plumage, and is charactered by a distinctive display flight.last updated 3/21/2015
    1. a covey of woodcocks
    2. a fall of woodcocks
    3. a flight of woodcocks
    4. a plump of woodcocks
89. woodpecker woodpecker" is something which is a bird that is a.climbing bird with brightly coloured plumage, a stiff tail and strong chisel-like bill for boring into tree trunks to get insects.last updated 3/21/2015
    1. a descent of woodpeckers
90. wren wren" is something which is a bird that is small passerine songbird with a slender bill, brown feather, short wings and a short pointing upward tail and feeds on insects.last updated 3/23/2015
    1. a flock of wrens
    2. a herd of wrens