List of Collective Nouns: Bird

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 20 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 21 Mar 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 27 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 18 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 25 Mar 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 25 Mar 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 24 Mar 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 19 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 23 Mar 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 24 Mar 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 23 Mar 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 25 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 02 Jan 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 22 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 17 Mar 2015
    1. a convocation of eagles
    2. an aerie of eagles an aerie of eagles" is something which is a family of eagles that lives together in a nest.last updated 01 Mar 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 19 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 25 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 19 Mar 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 18 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 17 Mar 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 an aerie of hawks" is something which is a family of hawks that lives together in a nest.last updated 01 Mar 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 19 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 17 Mar 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 21 Mar 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 17 Mar 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 26 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 23 Mar 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 26 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 24 Mar 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 23 Mar 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 25 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 21 Mar 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 18 Mar 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 26 Mar 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 26 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 19 Mar 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 19 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 24 Mar 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 17 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 26 Mar 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 21 Mar 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 18 Mar 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 17 Mar 2015
    1. a conspiracy of ravens
    2. an aerie of ravens an aerie of ravens" is something which is a family of ravens that lives together in a nest.last updated 01 Mar 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 21 Mar 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 19 Mar 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 24 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 25 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 24 Mar 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 24 Mar 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 20 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 17 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 19 Mar 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 26 Mar 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 22 Mar 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 26 Mar 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 21 Mar 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 19 Mar 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 19 Mar 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 19 Mar 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 21 Mar 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 21 Mar 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 23 Mar 2015
    1. a flock of wrens
    2. a herd of wrens