Animal Group Names

Animal Name Collective Noun
Ant A colony
Antelope A herd
Ape A shrewdness
Ass / donkey A pace or herd
Baboons A troop
Bacteria A culture
Badger A cete
Bass A shoal
Bats A colony
Bear A sleuth or sloth
Beaver A colony
Bee A swarm, grist or hive
Bird A flock, flight, congregation or volery
Boar A sounder
Buck A brace or clash
Buffalo A herd or obstinacy
Camel A flock
Cat A clowder or clutter
Caterpillar An army
Cattle A herd or drove
Chicken A brood or peep
Chicks A clutch or chattering
Clam A bed
Cockroaches An intrusion
Cobra A quiver
Colt A rag
Cow A kine
Coyote A band
Crane A sedge or siege
Crocodile A float
Crow A murder
Cub A litter
Cur A cowardice
Curlew A herd
Deer A herd
Dog A pack
Donkey A herd or pace
Dove A dule
Dragon A weyr
Duck A brace, paddling or team
Elephant A herd
Elk A gang
Emus A mob
Falcons A cast
Ferret A business or fesnyng or cast
Finches A charm
Fish A school, shoal, run, haul, or catch
Fly A swarm or business
Fox A skulk or leash
Frog An army or colony
Geese A flock, gaggle or skein (in flight)
Giraffe A tower
Gnat A cloud or horde
Gnu An implausibilty or herd
Goat A herd, tribe or trip
Goldfinch A charm
Goldfish A troubling
Gorilla A band
Greyhound A leash
Grouse A covey or pack
Hare A down or husk
Hawk A cast or kettle
Hen A brood
Heron A hedge or sedge
Hippopotamus A bloat
Hog A drift, or parcel
Horse A team, pair or harras
Hound A pack, mute or cry
Jellyfish A smack
Kangaroo A troop or mob
Kitten A kindle or litter
Lark An ascension or exaultation
Leopard A leap
Lion A pride
Locust A plague
Magpie A tiding, gulp, charm or murder
Mallard A sord
Mare A stud
Marten A richness
Mouse A mischief
Mole A labour
Monkey A troop
Mule A barren or span
Otter A romp
Owls A parliament
Oxen A yoke, drove, team or herd
Oyster A bed
Parrot A company
Partridge A covey
Peacock A muster or ostentation or pride
Peep A litter
Penguin A parcel or huddles or colonies
Pheasant A nest, nide (nye) or bouquet
Pig A litter
Pigeon A flock or flight
Pony A string
Porpoise A pod
Quail A covey or bevy
Rabbit A nest
Rat A pack or swarm
Rattlesnake A rhumba
Raven An unkindness or storytelling
Rhino A crash or herd
Roebuck A bevy
Rook A building or clamour
Sardines A family
Seal A herd or pod
Sheep A drove or flock
Snake A nest
Sparrow A host
Squirrel A dray or scurry
Starling A murmuration
Stork A mustering
Swallow A flight
Swan A bevy, herd, lamentation or wedge
Swift A flock
Swine A sounder or drift
Tiger A swift or ambush
Toad A knot
Trout A hover
Turkey A rafter
Turtle A bale
Turtledove A pitying or dule
Viper A nest
Walrus A pod
Whale A school, gam or pod
Wolf A pack or route
Woodpecker A descent
Zebra A herd, zeal, dazzle, or crossing (joke)