Language and Communication

NAME OF ANIMALS GROUPS:

Pets and feature some wild live in communities or groups, receiving these the following names:

Horse »» »herd, stud or stud 

Cows or cattle »» »herd or flock 

Goat »» »flock 

Birds »» »flock or flock 

Sheep »» »herd or flock 

Pigs »» »herd or litter 

Bee »» »colony or swarm 

Dogs »» »pack 

Donkey »» »herd 

Mules »» »herd

Animal	Group Name
Albatross	Rookery
Alligators	Congregation
Apes	Shrewdness, Troop
Antelope	Herd
Ants	Colony, Army, Swarm, Nest
Asses	Pace, Herd, Drove
Auks	Colony, Flock, Raft
Baboons	Troop, Flange
Bacteria	Culture
Badgers	Cete, Colony, Set, Company
Barracudas	Battery
Bats	Colony, Cloud
Bass	Shoal
Bears (General)	Sloth, Sleuth
Bears (Cubs)	Litter
Beavers	Colony, Family
Bees	Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest
Birds (Chicks)	Brood, Clutch
Birds (Flight)	Flight
Birds (Game)	Volary, Brace, Plump, Knob
Birds (Ground)	Flock, Dissimulation
Birds (Sea)	Wreck
Bison	Herd
Bitterns	Sedge, Seige
Bloodhounds	Sute
Bobolinks	Chain
Buffalo	Herd, Troop, Gang, Obstinancy
Bullfinches	Bellowing
Bullocks	Drove
Butterflies	Flight, Flutter
Buzzards	Wake
Camels	Caravan, Train, Flock
Capons	Mews
Caribou	Herd
Caterpillars	Army
Cats (General)	Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glorying, Glare
Cats (Kittens)	Kindle, Litter, Intrigue
Cats (Wild)	Destruction
Cattle	Drove, Herd, Team
Cheetahs	Coalition
Chickens (General)	Brood, Peep
Chickens (Chicks)	Clutch, Chattering
Chinchilla	Colony
Choughs	Clattering
Clams	Bed
Cobras	Quiver
Cockroaches	Intrusion
Cod	Lap
Coots	Cover, Raft
Cormorants	Gulp
Cows	Kine
Coyotes	Band
Crabs	Cast
Cranes	Sedge, Seige
Crocodiles	Bask, Float
Crows	Murder, Horde, Parcel, Storytelling
Curlews	Herd
Deer (General)	Herd, Leash, Gang
Deer (Buck)	Brace, Clash
Deer (Roe)	Bevy
Dogs (General)	Kennel
Dogs (Curs)	Cowardice
Dogs (Hounds)	Cry, Mute, Pack
Dogs (Puppies)	Litter
Dogs (Wild)	Pack
Dolphins	Pod
Donkeys	Drove, Pace, Herd
Dotterel	Trip
Doves (General)	Dule, Bevy, Cote, Dole, Paddling
Doves (Turtle)	Pitying, Piteousness
Ducks (Flight)	Flock
Ducks (Ground)	Brace, badling
Ducks (Water)	Raft, Team, Paddling
Dunlins	Fling
Eagles	Convocation, Aerie
Eels	Swarm, Bed, Fry
Elephants	Herd, Memory
Elk	Gang, Herd
Emus	Mob
Falcons	Cast
Ferrets	Business, Cast, Fesnying
Finches	Charm
Fish (General)	Draft, Nest, Shoal, School ("school" is possibly a corruption of shoal)
Fish (Caught)	Catch, Drought, Haul
Flamingoes	Stand, Flamboyance
Flies	Business, Swarm, Cloud
Frogs	Army, Colony, Knot
Fox	Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead, Troop
Geese (General)	Flock
Geese (Flight)	Skein
Geese (Ground)	Gaggle, Herd, Corps
Giraffes	Tower
Gnats	Cloud, Horde, Swarm
Gnus	Implausibility
Goats	Tribe, Trip, Drove, Herd, Flock
Goldfinches	Charm
Goldfish	Glint, Troubling
Gorillas	Band, Troop
Goshawks	Flight
Grasshoppers	Cloud
Greyhounds	Leash
Grouse	Pack, Covey
Guillemots	Bazaar
Gulls	Colony, Screech
Guinea Fowl	Confusion
Hawks (General)	Cast
Hawks (Flight)	Kettle
Hawks (Spiraling)	Boil
Hedgehogs	Array
Herons	Sedge, Siege, Hedge
Herring	Army, Shoal
Hippopotamuses	Bloat
Hornets	Nest, Bike
Horses (General)	Team, Harras, Stable, Troop, Stud (a group belonging to one owner)
Horses (Colts)	Rag, Rake
Horses (Ponies)	String
Horses (Wild)	Herd
Hummingbirds	Charm
Hyenas	Cackle, Clan
Impalas	Herd
Insects	Horde, Nest, Swarm, Rabble, Plague
Jays	Party, Scold, Band
Jellyfish	Smack, Brood
Kangaroos	Troop, Mob, Herd
Lapwings	Deceit
Larks	Exaltation, Ascension
Leopards	Leap
Lice	Flock
Lions	Pride, Sault, Troop
Lizards	Lounge
Locusts	Plague
Magpies	Tiding, Gulp, Murder, Charm
Mallards (General)	Brace
Mallards (Flight)	Sord
Martens	Richness
Mice	Mischief
Midges	Bite
Minnows	Shoal, Steam, Swarm
Moles	Labor, Company, Movement
Monkeys	Troop, Barrel, Carload, Cartload, Tribe
Moose	Herd
Mosquitoes	Scourge
Mudhens	Fleet
Mules	Pack, Span, Barren, Rake
Nightingales	Watch
Otters	Romp, Bevy, Family, Raft
Owls	Parliament, Stare
Oxen	Team, Yoke, Drove
Oysters	Bed
Parrots	Company, Pandemonium
Partridge	Covey, Bew
Peacocks	Muster, Ostentation, Pride
Pekingese	Pomp
Pelicans	Pod
Penguins (General)	Colony, Rookery, Huddle
Penguins (Nursery)	Crèche
Pheasants (General)	Nest, Nye
Pheasants (Brood)	Nide
Pheasants (Take-Off)	Bouquet
Pigeons	Flight, Flock, Kit
Pigs (General)	Drift, Drove
Pigs (Boars)	Singular, Sounder
Pigs (Hogs)	Team, Passel, Drift, Parcel
Pigs (Piglets)	Litter, Farrow
Pigs (Swine)	Sounder
Pilchards	Shoal
Plovers (General)	Congregation
Plovers (Flight)	Wing
Polecats	Chine
Porcupines	Prickle
Porpoises	Herd, Pod, School, Crowd, Shoal
Prairie Dogs	Coterie
Ptarmigans	Covey
Quail	Bevy, Covey
Rabbits (General)	Colony, Warren, Bury, Trace, Trip
Rabbits (Domestic)	Herd
Rabbits (Hares)	Down, Husk
Rabbits (Jackrabbit)	Husk
Rabbits (Young)	Litter, Nest
Raccoons	Gaze
Rats	Colony, Pack, Plague, Swarm
Rattlesnakes	Rhumba
Ravens	Unkindness, Storytelling
Reindeer	Herd
Rhinoceroses	Crash, Stubbornness
Roebucks	Bevy
Rooks	Building, Clamor, Parliament
Ruffs	Hill
Salamandars	Congress
Salmon	Run
Sandpipers	Fling
Sardines	Family
Scorpions	Bed, Nest
Seabirds	Wreck
Seals	Pod, Bob, Harem, Herd, Rookery
Sharks	Shiver, School, Shoal
Sheep	Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold, Pack, Trip
Sheldrakes	Doading
Skylarks	Exultation
Squirrels	Dray, Scurry
Snails	Escargatoire, Rout, Walk
Snakes	Den, Nest, Pit, Bed, Knot
Snipe	Walk, Wisp
Sparrows	Host
Spiders	Cluster, Clutter
Springbok	Herd
Squirrels	Dray, Scurry
Starlings	Murmuration, Chattering
Stingrays	Fever
Stoats	Pack, Trip
Storks	Mustering, Muster
Swallows	Flight, Gulp
Swans (General)	Bevy, Bank, Herd
Swans (Flight)	Wedge, Flight
Swifts	Flock
Teal	Spring
Termites	Colony, Nest, Swarm, Brood
Thrush	Mutation
Tigers	Streak, Ambush
Toads	Knot, Knab, Nest
Trout	Hover
Turkeys	Rafter, Gang, Posse
Turtles	Bale, Nest, Turn, Dole
Turtle Doves	Pitying, Dule
Vipers	Generation, Nest
Vultures	Venue
Vultures (Circling)	Kettle
Walruses	Herd, Pod
Wasps	Nest, Swarm
Waterfowl	Knob, Plump
Weasles	Gang, Colony, Pack
Whales	Pod, Gam, Herd, School, Mod
Widgeons	Company
Wildfowl	Plump
Wolves (General)	Pack
Wolves (Moving)	Route, Rout
Wombats	Wisdom
Woodcocks	Fall
Woodpeckers	Descent
Worms	Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat
Wrens	Herd
Zebras	Zeal, Crossing, Dazzle, Cohorts, Herd