Collective names for groups of animals are very ancient in origin. They date back to medieval times, so are set according to the language used in those times and these might sound funny to us. These names are based on some of the unique features of the animals like their behaviors, their appearance, their cleverness etc.
These collective names for the group of animals is very important from competitive exam point of view. They may be asked directly in General Knowledge part or even as collective nouns in General English part. So come let us study and know these names,
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As this is lengthy and exhausive list you can just type animal name to know the name of its group or type the group name to know the concerned animal, in the below given search bar. You can even find if any two animal groups have same name.
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| Animal | Group name |
| Albatross |
Rookery |
| Alligators |
Congregation |
| Apes |
Shrewdness, Troop |
| Antelopes | Herd |
| Ants | Army, Swarm, Nest |
| Asses | Pace, Herd, Drove |
| Auks | Colony, Flock, Raft |
| Baboon | Troop, Flange |
| Bacteria | Culture |
| Badgers | Cete, Colony, Set, Company |
| Barracudas | Battery |
| Bats | Colony, Cloud |
| Bass | Shoal |
| Bears | Sloth (Group of bear cubs is litter) |
| Beavers | Colony, Family |
| Bees | Grist, Hive, Swarm, Nest |
| Birds | Flock |
| Bisons | Herd |
| Bitterns | Sedge, Seige |
| Bloodhounds | Sute |
| Bobolinks | Chain |
| Buffallo | Herd, Troop, Gang, Obstinancy |
| Bullfinches | Bellowing |
| Bullocks | Drove |
| Butterflies | Flight, Flutter |
| Buzzards | Wake |
| Camels | Caravan, Train, Flock |
| Capons | Mews |
| Caribou | Herd |
| Caterpillar | Army |
| Cats (General) | Clowder, Clutter, Pounce, Dout, Nuisance, Glorying, Glare |
| Cats (Kittens) | Kindle, Litter, Intrigue |
| Cats (Wild) | Destruction |
| Cattle | Drove, Herd, Team |
| Cheetah | Coalition |
| Chicken | Brood, Peep |
| 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 | Herd, Leash, Gang |
| Deer (Buck) | Brace, clash |
| Deer (Roe) | Bevy |
| Dogs | Kennels |
| 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 (Land) | 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 |
| Fish (Caught) | Catch, Drought, Haul |
| Flamingoes | Stand, Flamboyance |
| Flies | Business, Swarm, Cloud |
| Frogs | Army, Colony, Knot |
| Fox | Leash, Skulk, Earth, Lead, Troop |
| Geeese (General) | Flock |
| Geeese (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 |
| Gorilla | Band, Troop |
| Goshawks | Flight |
| Grasshoppers | Cloud |
| Geryhounds | Leash |
| Grouse | Pack, Covey |
| Guillemots | Bazaar |
| Gulls | Colony, Screech |
| Guines 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 |
| Horses (Colts) | Rag, Rake |
| Horses (Ponies) | String |
| Horses (Wild) | HErd |
| Humming birds | Charm |
| Heynas | Cackle, clan |
| Impalas | Herd |
| Insects | Horde, Nest, Swarm, Rabble, Plague |
| Jeys | Party, Scold, Band |
| Jelly fish | 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 | Mischeif |
| 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 |
| Otter | Romp, Bevy, Family, Raft |
| owl | Parliament, Stare |
| Oxen | Team, Yoke, Drove |
| Oyester | Bed |
| Parrot | Company, Pandemonium |
| Patridge | Covey, Bew |
| Peacock | Muster, Ostentation, Pride |
| Pekingese | Pomp |
| Pelicans | Pod |
| Penguins (General) | Colony, Rookery, Huddle |
| Penguins (Nursery) | Croche |
| Pheasants (General) | Nest, Nye |
| Pheasants (Brood) | Nide |
| Pheasants (Take-off) | Boquete |
| 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 |
| Rhinocerous | Crash, Stubbornness |
| Roebucks | Bevy |
| Rooks | Building, Clamor, Parliament |
| Ruffs | Hill |
| Salmandars | Congress |
| Salmon | Run |
| Sandpipers | Fling |
| Sardines | Family |
| Scorpions | Bed, Nest |
| Sealbirds | Wreck |
| Seals | Pod, Bob, Harem, Herd, Rookery |
| Sharks | Shiver, School, Shoal |
| Sheep | Drove, Flock, Down, Hurtle, Fold, Pack, Trip |
| Sheldrakes | Doading |
| Skylarks | Exultation |
| 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 |
| Weasels | Gang, Colony, Pack |
| Whales | Pod, Gam, Herd, School, Mod |
| Widgeons | Company |
| Wildfowl | Plump |
| WOlves (General) | Pack |
| Wolves (Moving) | Route, Rout |
| Wombats | Wisdom |
| Woodcocks | Fall |
| Woodpecker | Descent |
| Worms | Bed, Clew, Bunch, Clat |
| Wrens | Herd |
| Zebra | Zeal, Crossing, Dazzle, Cohorts, Herd |
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