Names of Animal Groups
Several crows together is called a . . . of crows.
Here's a list of the names of groups of different animals. I bet you
didn't know that several crows hanging out together is called a "murder" of
crows! The list is long and you'll have to scroll down
to read them all. If you don't like to scroll, click one of the alphabet
letters to take you down to an animal's name. After you've read the list,
test your memory by taking one of the Animal Groups Quizzes.
| A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
| N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
|
Groups of Animals |
| The Animal |
Name of the Animal's Group |
|
| antelope |
herd |
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| ants |
colony or an army |
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| apes |
shrewdness |
^ up ^ |
| asses |
herd or pace |
^ up ^ |
| bacteria |
culture |
^ up ^ |
| badgers |
cete |
^ up ^ |
| bass |
shoal |
^ up ^ |
| bears |
sleuth or sloth |
^ up ^ |
| beavers |
colony |
^ up ^ |
| bees |
swarm, grist or hive |
^ up ^ |
| birds |
flock, flight, congregation or volery |
^ up ^ |
| bitterns |
sedge or siege |
^ up ^ |
| board |
sounder |
^ up ^ |
| buffalo |
herd |
^ up ^ |
| bucks |
brace or clash |
^ up ^ |
| caterpillars |
army |
^ up ^ |
| cows |
kine of cows (twelve cows are a flink) |
^ up ^ |
| coyote |
band |
^ up ^ |
| cranes |
sedge or siege |
^ up ^ |
| crocodiles |
float |
^ up ^ |
| crows |
murder |
^ up ^ |
| cubs |
litter |
^ up ^ |
| curlews |
herd |
^ up ^ |
| curs |
cowardice |
^ up ^ |
| cats |
clowder or clutter |
^ up ^ |
| cattle |
herd or drove |
^ up ^ |
| chickens |
brood or peep |
^ up ^ |
| chicks |
clutch or chattering |
^ up ^ |
| clams |
bed |
^ up ^ |
| cobras |
quiver |
^ up ^ |
| colts |
rag |
^ up ^ |
| coots |
cover |
^ up ^ |
| deer |
herd |
^ up ^ |
| dogs |
pack |
^ up ^ |
| doves |
dule |
^ up ^ |
| ducks |
brace, paddling or team |
^ up ^ |
| eels |
bed or swarm |
^ up ^ |
| eggs |
clutch |
^ up ^ |
| elephants |
herd or memory |
^ up ^ |
| elephant seals |
pod |
^ up ^ |
| elks |
gang |
^ up ^ |
| emus |
mob |
^ up ^ |
| ferrets |
business or fesnyng |
^ up ^ |
| finches |
charm |
^ up ^ |
| fish |
school, shoal, run, haul, catch or draught |
^ up ^ |
| flamingos |
stand or flamboyance |
^ up ^ |
| flies |
swarm |
^ up ^ |
| foxes |
skulk or leash |
^ up ^ |
| frogs |
army or colony |
^ up ^ |
| geese |
flock, gaggle or skein (in flight) |
^ up ^ |
| gnats |
cloud or horde |
^ up ^ |
| goats |
herd, tribe or trip |
^ up ^ |
| goldfinches |
charm |
^ up ^ |
| gorillas |
band |
^ up ^ |
| greyhounds |
leash |
^ up ^ |
| hares |
down or husk |
^ up ^ |
| hawks |
cast or kettle |
^ up ^ |
| hens |
brood |
^ up ^ |
| herons |
hedge |
^ up ^ |
| hogs |
drift or parcel |
^ up ^ |
| horses |
team, pair or harras |
^ up ^ |
| hounds |
pack, mute or cry |
^ up ^ |
| jellyfish |
smack |
^ up ^ |
| kangaroos |
troop or mob |
^ up ^ |
| kittens |
kindle or litter |
^ up ^ |
| larks |
ascension or exultation |
^ up ^ |
| leopards |
leap (leep) |
^ up ^ |
| lions |
pride |
^ up ^ |
| locusts |
plague |
^ up ^ |
| moles |
labour |
^ up ^ |
| monkeys |
troop |
^ up ^ |
| mules |
barren or span |
^ up ^ |
| magpies |
tiding |
^ up ^ |
| mallards |
sord |
^ up ^ |
| mares |
stud |
^ up ^ |
| martens |
richness |
^ up ^ |
| owls |
parliament |
^ up ^ |
| oxen |
yoke, drove, team or herd |
^ up ^ |
| oysters |
bed |
^ up ^ |
| parrots |
company or pandemonium |
^ up ^ |
| partridges |
covey |
^ up ^ |
| peacocks |
muster or ostentation |
^ up ^ |
| peeps |
litter |
^ up ^ |
| pheasants |
nest, nide (nye) or bouquet |
^ up ^ |
| pigeons |
flock or flight |
^ up ^ |
| pigs |
litter |
^ up ^ |
| plovers |
wing or congregation |
^ up ^ |
| ponies |
string |
^ up ^ |
| porpoises |
pod |
^ up ^ |
| quail |
covey or bevy |
^ up ^ |
| rabbits |
nest |
^ up ^ |
| rats |
pack or swarm |
^ up ^ |
| rattlesnakes |
rhumba |
^ up ^ |
| ravens |
unkindness |
^ up ^ |
| rhinos |
crash or herd |
^ up ^ |
| roebucks |
bevy |
^ up ^ |
| rooks |
building or clamour |
^ up ^ |
| seals |
herd or pod |
^ up ^ |
| sheep |
drove or flock |
^ up ^ |
| snakes |
nest |
^ up ^ |
| snipe |
walk or wisp |
^ up ^ |
| sparrows |
host |
^ up ^ |
| squirrels |
dray |
^ up ^ |
| starlings |
murmuration |
^ up ^ |
| storks |
mustering |
^ up ^ |
| swallows |
flight |
^ up ^ |
| swans |
bevy, herd, lamentation or wedge |
^ up ^ |
| swifts |
flock |
^ up ^ |
| swine |
sounder or drift |
^ up ^ |
| teal |
spring |
^ up ^ |
| toads |
knot, nest |
^ up ^ |
| trout |
hover |
^ up ^ |
| turkeys |
rafter |
^ up ^ |
| turtledoves |
pitying or dule |
^ up ^ |
| turtles |
bale |
^ up ^ |
| vipers |
nest |
^ up ^ |
| walrus |
pod |
^ up ^ |
| weasels |
pack or colony |
^ up ^ |
| whales |
school, gam or pod |
^ up ^ |
| wolves |
pack or rout |
^ up ^ |
| wombats |
wisdom |
^ up ^ |
| woodcocks |
fall |
^ up ^ |
| woodpeckers |
descent |
^ up ^ |
| zebras |
herd, zeal |
^ up ^ |
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