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Collective Nouns for Birds: A List

Birds: Flock
Birds (small): Dissimulation
Bitterns: Siege/sedge
Chickens: Peep/brood
Choughs: Clattering
Coots: Covert
Cranes: Herd
Cranes: Sedge
Crows: Murder
Curlew: Herd
Dotterel: Trip
Doves: Dole/dule
Doves: Flight
Ducks: Badling, or raft
Goldfinches: Charm
Geese (on the ground): Gaggle
Geese (in flight): Skein
Goshawks: Flight
Guineafowl: Rasp
Hawks (tame) : Cast
Hawks (tame): Lease
Herons: Siege/sedge
Jackdaws: Train
Lapwings: Deceit
Lapwings: Desert
Larks: Exaltation
Magpies: Tidings
Mallards: Suit/sute (also: Sord)
Nightingales: Watch
Owls: Parliament
Owls: Distraction
Parrots: Pandemonium
Partridges: Covey
Peacocks: Muster
Pheasants: Nide
Pheasants: Nye
Pigeons (flying together): Kit
Plovers: Congregation
Quail: Bevy
Quail: Drift
Ravens: Unkindness
Rooks: Building
Rooks: Parliament
Snipe: Walk, or wisp
Sparrows: Host
Starlings: Murmuration
Swallows: Flight
Swans : Game
Swans (in flight): Wedge
Teal: Spring
Turtle doves: Dole/dule
Woodcocks: Fall
Wrens: Herd
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