Collective nouns for animals in English

Many know that a group of wolves is called “pack”, but how do we call a group of tigers, crows or penguins? This is a list of the collective nouns for animals to improve your English skills:

Birds:

• A brood of chickens
• A brood of hens
• A cast of falcons
• A colony of gulls
• A colony of penguins
• A colony of vultures
• A company of parrots
• A convocation of eagles
• A dole of doves
• A dopping of goosanders
• A flight of birds
• A flight of cormorants
• A host of sparrows
• A kettle of vultures
• A mews of hawks
• A murder of crows
• A mustering of storks
• A stand of flamingos
• A pride of ostriches
• A pod of pelicans
• A parliament of owls

Mammals:

• An ambush of tigers
• A clowder of cats
• A cohort of zebras
• A colony of rabbits
• A colony of rats
• A dray of squirrels
• A sounder of pigs
• A fall of lambs
• A family of otters
• A flink of cows
• A herd of deers
• A herd of elephants
• A herd of bisons
• A journey of giraffes
• A pack of dogs
• A pack of wolves
• A skulk of foxes
• A sloth of bears
• A trip of goats
• A troop of monkeys

Sea animals:

• A bind of salmon
• A family of sardines
• A float of tuna
• A flotilla of swordfish
• A glint of goldfish
• A herd of seahorses
• A pod of dolphins
• A shiver of sharks
• A squad of squid
• A troupe of shrimp

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