With this extensive list of Collective Nouns – Group Of Birds, you can help your kids to learn new names. This list will not only help the children to understand about the collective nouns but also about various birds.
You can have a quick look at group names for animals before you move onto birds.
There are different words we use for a group of birds like flock, stand, cloud, cast. You can see the example sentences to understand the application of these words.
Collective Noun for Group of Birds
Following is a concise list of group names for different varieties of birds.
1. A flock of turkeys | a rafter of turkeys
Example: After an hour of fishing I saw a flock of turkeys on the opposite bank and shot one of the poults.
2. A parliament of owls | a stare of owls
Example: Millions of shoppers are now completely bowled out, confronted with a parliament of owls on every shelf in every shop.
3. A murder of crows | a parcel of crows
Example: The potential for all kinds of damage hovers in the air like a murder of crows waiting to strike.
4. An unkindness of ravens | A conspiracy of ravens
Example: At sunset, everyone returns to the porch to swill rum punch and wait for the conspiracy of ravens to swoop down.
5. A stand of flamingos
Example: Up go illuminated a stand of flamingos, Chinese lanterns, chile-pepper lights, and glowing plastic Santas.
6. A cloud of bats | A colony of bats
Example: We could use those or simply use hand nets, like a butterfly net, to catch our colony of bats.
7. A band Jays/A party Jays/A scold of jays
Example: We cannot recall ever having such large families of cardinals, downy and hairy woodpeckers, English sparrows, a band of blue jays, titmice, and chickadees.
8. A bazaar of guillemots
Example: It was the noise of thousands of baby cormorants, razorbills, gannets and a bazaar of guillemots, demanding food from their nests on the cliffs.
9. A bellowing of bullfinches
Example: Unusually high numbers of countryside birds like fieldfares, redwings, a bellowing of bullfinches, and yellowhammers were spotted in gardens.
10. A bevy/A covey/A drift of quails
Example: Wood said that while few would notice the passing of Sumba’s little-known hornbills, drifts of quails and fruit doves, their demise has wider implications.
11. A brood/A clutch/A peep of chickens
Example: It usually consisted of two a peep of chickens which she roasted in the big pot oven at the open fire.
12. A brood of hens
Example: At the beginning of the brooding season, the brood of hens are very sensitive to disturbances and leaves the nest quickly.
13. A cadge of peregrines
Example: As soon as Jeff and I discovered that, the conversation quickly left talk of ivory-bills and on to the exciting cadge of peregrines and Cooper’s hawks.
14. A cast of falcons
Example: These titles will be followed by novels such as Steve Burrows’ A Siege Of Bitterns, A Pitying Of Doves and A Cast Of Falcons.
15. A chain of bobolinks
Example: Magnetic cues, which help many bird species migrate, appear to be particularly important to a chain of bobolinks.
16. A charm/A chirm/A trembling/A trimming of finches
Example: Migrating from northern Europe to the Iberian Peninsula’s cork forests are blackcaps, trimming of finches, robins, and song thrushes.
17. A charm/A chattering/A drum/A troubling of goldfinches
Example: The thistle feeder is dominated by a drum of goldfinches, although an occasional house finch or song sparrow sneaks a snack.
18. A charm/A chattering/A drum/A troubling of hummingbirds
Example: The brilliant orange, red flowers of the scarlet runner bean supply nectar all summer long for a charm of hummingbirds and butterflies.
19. A colony/A flock/A raft of auks
Example: Some species, such as the raft of auks, do not have a concerted migration effort, but drift southwards as the winter approaches.
20. A colony of avocets
Example: The observation hides at Cley Marsh provide excellent viewing for observers to enjoy the colony of avocets.
21. A colony of gulls
Example: Among some ground-nesting waterbirds, such as gulls and plovers, research has shown that speckling aids egg camouflage.
22. A colony/A parcel/A rookery of penguins
Example: Set in Antarctica, it has no human characters but focuses on the natural environment of the frozen continent, especially a rookery of penguins and skuas.
It is not an easy task to remember all these group names. Therefore, You can keep this list handy for your future reference and refer it whenever there is a need.
After you have learned these names you can take a practice test using the Group of Birds Worksheets.
You can download the free printable form of worksheets and use it offline to train your kid.