A

antelopes

herd

[1]

army

[2]

colony

[2][3]

nest

[2]

swarm

[2]

shrewdness

[1][4][5]

troop

[2]

herd

[2]

ants

apes

asses

drove

driven in a group

[2]

pace or passe

[2][3]

baboons

troop

[2][5]

badgers

cete

[2][3][5][6]

bats

colony

[3]

bears

sleuth or sloth

[2][3][5]

colony

[2]

family

[2]

swarm

[5]

drift

[5]

erst

[5]

grist

[3]

flock

[5]

flight

[5]

pod

[5]

bitterns

sedge or sege

[3][4][7][8]

boars (wild boars)

sounder

buffalo

herd

[3][5]

bullfinches

bellowing

[5]

bullocks

drove

beavers

bees

birds

12 or more

driven in a group

[6]

[5]

swarm

[9]

flutter

[10]

capercaillie

tok

[11]

capons

mews

[12]

caribou

herd

[12]

clowder

[2][3]

pounce

[3]

wild cats (feral

cats)

destruction

[5][13]

cattle

mob

chickens

clutch

[5]

choughs

chattering or
clattering

[4][5][6][15][16]

rag

[3][5][6]

rake

[5]

butterflies

cats

driven in a group

[14]

colts

cormorants

gulp

[3]

coots

covert

[4][5][8]

coyotes

pack

herd

[4][5][8]

sedge or sege

[3][7]

crocodiles

bask

[3]

crows

murder

[3][5][6]

curlews

herd

[4][5][6][8]

herd

[17]

parcel

[18]

dogs

pack

[17]

dolphins

pod

[19][20]

dotterel

trip

[3][5][17][21]

doves

dole or dule

cranes

deer

fanciful

[3][4][5][17]

flight

[8]

badling or
badelynge

[3][8]

paddling

on water

[3][5][17]

ducks
plump

raft

dunlins

[22][23]

on water

[3][5][17]

fling

[5]

eagles

convocation

[3]

eels

bed

[2]

elephants

herd

[3]

gang

[5][6]

herd

[5]

falcons

cast

[24]

ferrets

business

elk

corruption over time of 'busyness'

[3][6]

busyness

besyness
fesynes
fesnyng
feamyng

finches

[4]

ghost words arising from successive

misspellings of "busyness"

[25]

charm or chirm

[3][5]

school

[3]

shoal

[3]

stand

[3]

flamboyance

[26]

business

[3]

leash

[3]

skulk

[3]

army

[3]

fish

flamingoes

flies

foxes

frogs

geese

flock

on land

[3][27]

gaggle

on land

[3][8][27]

skein

giraffes

in flight

[3][27]

herd

[27]

cloud

[3][5][27]

horde

[3][27]

goats

flock

[27]

goldfinches

charm

[8][27]

goosanders

dopping

[27]

gorillas

band

[3][27]

goshawks

flight

[4][27]

grasshoppers

cloud

[3][27]

grouse

covey

[5][27]

guineafowl

rasp

[28]

down

[29]

drove

[29]

gnats

hares

harts

flick

[29]

husk

[29]

herd

[29]

boil

two or more spiralling in flight

cast

[3]

[3][4][5]

hawks
kettle

flying in large numbers

[3]

lease

[4]

hedgehogs

array

[29]

hens

brood

[8]

sedge or sege

[3][4][6][7][8][29]

siege

[3][5][29]

hippopotamuses

bloat

[3][29]

hogs

parcel

hornets

bike

[29]

nest

[3]

herons

See also boars, pigs, swine

[30][31]

swarm

team

[29]

in harness

[3][29]

haras or harrase

[3][29]

herd

[29]

stable

[29]

string

[3][29]

stud

[3][29]

pack

[29]

cry

[29]

hunt

[29]

meet

[29]

mute

[29]

stable

[29]

cackle

[3]

horses

hounds

hyenas

ibex

herd

[32]

ibises

colony

[32]

iguanas

mess

[32]

flight

[32]

horde

[32]

plague

[32]

rabble

[32]

swarm

[32]

clattering

[33]

train

[33][34]

party

[3]

scold

[3]

fluther

[5]

smack

[3][5]

insects

jackdaws

jays

jellyfish

mob

[2]

troop

[2][3]

kindle

[5]

kangaroos

kittens
litter

lapwings

deceit or desert

[3][4][5][6][35]

bevy

[5]

exaltation

[4][5][6][8]

leap or lepe

[2][3][5]

pride

[2][3][5]

sawt

[5]

plague

[3]

shoal

[36]

larks

leopards

lions

locusts

mackerel

charm

[3]

congregation

[36]

gulp

[3]

murder

[3]

tiding

[3][4][5][36]

tittering

[36]

flush

[36]

puddling

[36]

sord

[3][5][8][36]

suit or sute

[5][8][36]

mares

stud

[5][6][36]

martens

richesse or
richness

[3][5][36]

nest

[2][36]

trip

[36]

shoal

[36]

magpies

mallards

mice

minnows

company

[36]

labor or labour

[2][3][5][36]

barrel

[2][3]

cartload

[36]

tribe

[36]

troop

[3][5][36]

wilderness

[37]

moorhens

plump

[36]

moose

herd

[2][36]

mosquitoes

scourge

[36]

mudhens

fleet

[36]

barren

[2][3][5][6][36]

pack

[3][36]

rake

[36]

span

[2][3][36]

moles

monkeys

mules

nightingales

watch

[4][5][8]

parliament

[2][3][6]

drove

[2]

team

[2][3]

yoke

[2][3]

bed

[2][3]

company

[2][3]

pandemonium

[2]

covey

[3][5][8]

muster

[3][5][6][8]

ostentation

[2][3]

pride

[2]

owls

oxen

oysters

parrots

partridges

peacocks

pelicans

pod

[2]

colony

[2][3]

convent

[2]

bouquet

[2][3]

head

[5]

nest

[3]

nide

[3]

nye

[2][3][5][6][8]

penguins

pheasants

drift

See also boars, hogs, swine

[2][3]

pigs
drove

pigeons

plovers

kit

[2][3]

flying together

[5]

congregation

[4][5][8]

stand

[5]

wing

[5]

quail

bevy

[2][3][4][5][8]

covey

[2][3]

drift

[5]

colony

[3]

nest

[3]

rabbits
herd

domestic only

[3]

litter

young rabbits only

[3]

raccoons

gaze

[2]

ravens

unkindness

[4][5]

rhinoceroses

crash

[2][3][5]

building

[4][5][8]

parliament

[5][6]

bind

[38]

rooks

salmon

draught

[38]

run

[38]

fling

[38]

herd

[38]

pod

[38]

rookery

[38]

sea urchins

herd

[39][40]

sheep

flock

[2][3][38]

down

[38]

sandpipers

seals

drift

when driven in a group

[38]

drove

when driven in a group

[3][38]

herd

[3][38]

hurtle

[2][38]

meinie

[38]

mob

[38]

sheldrake

snails

snakes

pack

[2]

parcel

[38]

trip

[38]

dopping

[8][38][41]

escargatoire

[38]

rout

[38]

walk

[38]

bed

[2]

den

[2]

knot

[2]

nest

[3]

pit

[2]

walk

[5][6][8][38]

whisp or wisp

[5][38]

host

[2][3][4][5][8][38]

snipes

sparrows

spiders

squirrels

starlings

meinie

[38]

tribe

[38]

cluster or clutter

[2][38]

colony

[38]

dray

[2][3]

scurry

[2][3]

chattering

[2][15][38]

clattering

[38]

cloud

[38]

congregation

[38]

murmuration

[2][4][5][6][8][38]

pack

[38]

trip

[38]

flight

[38]

mustering

[2][3][38]

stoats

storks

phalanx

when migrating

[38]

flight

[2][3][8][38]

gulp

[38]

swallows

bank

on the ground

[2][38]

bevy

[2][3][38]

drift

[38]

eyrar

[38]

flight

[2]

game

[5][38]

herd

[2][8][38]

swans

lamentation

fanciful

[38]

sownder

[38]

team

[38]

wedge

whiting

in flight

[2][3][5][38]

[38]

flock

[38]

scream

[42]

swifts

doylt

swine

See also boars, hogs, pigs

[38]

drift

[6][38]

trip

[38]

spring

[3][4][5][8]

ambush

[2]

streak

[2][3]

knot

[2][3]

nest

[2]

hover

[2][3]

gang

[3]

rafter

[2][3]

bale

[2][3]

teal

tigers

toads

trout

turkeys

turtles

dole or dule

[2][8]

nest

[3]

dole or dule

[4]

pitying

[3]

nest

[3]

herd

[3]

pod

[3]

bunch

[5]

turtle doves

vipers

walruses

waterfowl

knob

fewer than 30 (fanciful)

[43]

raft

[5]

colony

[2]

pack

[2]

weasels

gam

[2][3]

herd

[3]

mob

[2]

pod

[2][3]

company

[3][5]

trip

[5]

bunch

[5]

whales

wigeons

knob

fewer than 30 (fanciful)

[43]

wildfowl
plump

[5]

trip

[5]

pack

[2][3]

wolves
rout or route

when in movement

[2][3]

wombats

wisdom

[44]

woodcocks

fall

[3][4][5][8]

woodpeckers

descent

[2][3][5]

wrens

herd

[4][5]

herd

[2][45]

cohort

[45]

dazzle

[46]

zebras

zeal