The Collective Nouns

• An agenda of tasks
• An ambush of widows
• An armada of ships
• An army of caterpillars
• An aurora of polar bears
• A bale of turtles
• A ballet of swans
• A band of gorillas
• A barren of mules
• A battery of tests
• A bed of clams
• A bed of oysters
• A bed of snakes
• A belt of asteroids
• A bevy of quail
• A bevy of swans
• A blessing of unicorns
• A bouquet of pheasants
• A brace of grouse
• A brood of hens
• A business of ferrets
• A business of flies
• A cast of actors
• A cast of falcons
• A cast of hawks
• A cete of badgers
• A charm of finches
• A chorus of angels
• A cloud of gnats
• A clutch of chicks
• A clutch of eggs
• A clutter of cats
• A colony of ants
• A colony of beavers
• A colony of gulls
• A colony of penguins
• A company of parrots
• A congregation of plovers
• A congress of baboons
• A conspiracy of ravens
• A convocation of eagles
• A cover of coots
• A covey of grouse
• A covey of partridges
• A covey of pheasants
• A covey of quail
• A crash of rhinos
• A cry of hounds
• A culture of bacteria
• A deceit of lapwings
• A descent of woodpeckers
• A dole of doves
• A down of hares
• A dray of squirrels
• A drove of cattle
• An exaltation of larks
• A flink of cows (twelve or more)
• A flock of sheep
• A flotilla of ships
• A gaggle of geese
• A gam of whales
• A gang of elk
• A herd of elephants
• A hive of bees
• A host of angels
• A host of sparrows
• A hover of trout
• A kettle of hawks (riding a thermal)
• A kindle of kittens
• A knot of toads
• A leap of hares
• A litter of pigs
• A maul of bears
• A mob of kangaroos
• A murder of crows
• A murmuration of starlings
• A muster of peacocks
• A muster of storks
• A mute of hounds
• A nye of pheasants (while on the ground)
• A paddling of ducks (while swimming)
• A parliament of owls
• A parliament of rooks
• A piteousness of doves
• A pitying of turtledoves
• A plague of locusts
• A plump of waterfowl
• A plunder of goons
• A pod of seals
• A pod of whales
• A pride of lions
• A richness of martens
• A school of fish
• A sedge of cranes
• A skein of geese (in flight)
• A sloth of bears
• A stand of trees
• A swarm of bees
• An unkindness of ravens
• A watch of nightingales
• A wealth of information
• A yoke of oxen