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| SUBJECT | COLLECTIVE TERM | STATUS |
| auks | A raft of auks | Uncertain |
| birds | A dissimulation of birds | √ |
| birds | A volery of birds | √ |
| birds | A flock of birds | √ |
| birds | A covey of birds | √ |
| bitterns | A sedge of bitterns | √ |
| bitterns | A siege of bitterns | √ |
| bullfinches | A bellowing of bullfinches | √ |
| buzzards | A wake of buzzards | √ |
| capons | A mews of capons | √ |
| chickens | A peep of chickens | √ |
| chicks | A clutch of chicks | √ |
| hens | A brood of hens | √ |
| poultry | A run of poultry | √ |
| choughs | A clattering of choughs | √ |
| coots | A cover of coots | √ |
| coots | A raft of coots | √ |
| cormorants | A flight of cormorants | √ |
| cranes | A sedge of cranes | √ |
| crows | A horde of crows | Uncertain |
| crows | A hover of crows | √ |
| crows | A murder of crows | <ref>Louise Spilsbury & Richard Spilsbury, "A Murder of Crows" (2003) ISBN 1403407428</ref><ref>http://www.rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.heinemannlibrary.com/products/title.asp?id=1403407428</ref> |
| crows | A muster of crows | Uncertain |
| crows | A parcel of crows | Uncertain |
| crows | A parliament of crows | in common use<ref>http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,710282,00.html</ref><ref>http://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=section%3Alordsdebates&pid=13184&pop=1&p=9</ref> </center> |
<tr><td> crows </td><td>A storytelling of crows</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> curlews </td><td>A head of curlews</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> dotterel </td><td>A trip of dotterel</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> doves </td><td>A dole of doves</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> doves </td><td>A dule of doves</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> doves </td><td>A flight of doves</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> doves </td><td>A piteousness of doves</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> doves </td><td>A pitying of doves</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> doves </td><td>A prettying of doves</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> ducks </td><td>A dopping of ducks (diving)</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> ducks </td><td>A plump of ducks (flying)</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> ducks </td><td>A paddling of ducks (on water)</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> ducks </td><td>A flush of ducks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> ducks </td><td>A raft of ducks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> ducks </td><td>A team of ducks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> dunlin </td><td>A fling of dunlins</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> eagles </td><td>A congress of eagles</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> eagles </td><td>A convocation of eagles</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> falcons </td><td>A cast of falcons</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> finches </td><td>A charm of finches</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> finches </td><td>A trembing of finches</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> finches </td><td>A trimming of finches</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> flamingoes </td><td>A stand of flamingoes</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> goldfinches </td><td>A drum of goldfinches</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> goldfinches </td><td>A troubling of goldfinches</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> goldfinches </td><td>A charm of goldfinches</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> geese </td><td>A wedge of geese (flying)</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> geese </td><td>A flock of geese</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> geese </td><td>A gaggle of geese</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> geese </td><td>A nide of geese</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> geese </td><td>A skein of geese</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> geese </td><td>A plump of geese (on water)</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> goshawks </td><td>A flight of goshawks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> grouse </td><td>A covey of grouse</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> grouse </td><td>A lek of grouse</td><td> Uncertain </td></tr>
<tr><td> grouse </td><td>A pack of grouse</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> guillemots </td><td>A bazaar of guillemots</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> guinea fowl </td><td>A confusion of guinea fowl</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> gulls </td><td>A colony of gulls</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> gulls </td><td>A screech of gulls</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> hawks </td><td>A cast of hawks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> hawks </td><td>A kettle of hawks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> herons </td><td>A siege of herons</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> hummingbirds </td><td>A charm of hummingbirds</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> jays </td><td>A band of jays</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> jays </td><td>A party of jays</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> jays </td><td>A scold of jays</td><td> Uncertain </td></tr>
<tr><td> lapwings </td><td>A deceit of lapwings</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> lapwings </td><td>A desert of lapwings</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> larks </td><td>An exaltation of larks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> magpies </td><td>A tiding(s) of magpies</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> mallards </td><td>A lute of mallards</td><td> Uncertain </td></tr>
<tr><td> mallards </td><td>A sord of mallards</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> martins </td><td>A richness of martins</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> mudhen </td><td>A fleet of mudhen</td><td> Uncertain </td></tr>
<tr><td> nightingales </td><td>A watch of nightingales</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> owls </td><td>A parliament of owls</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> owls </td><td>A stare of owls</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> parrots </td><td>A company of parrots</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> parrots </td><td>A pandemonium of parrots</td><td> Uncertain </td></tr>
<tr><td> partridges </td><td>A bew of partridges</td><td> Uncertain </td></tr>
<tr><td> partridges </td><td>A covey of partridges</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> peacocks </td><td>A muster of peacocks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> peacocks </td><td>A pride of peacocks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> peacocks </td><td>An ostentation of peacocks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> penguins </td><td>A colony of penguins</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> penguins </td><td>A creche of penguins</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> penguins </td><td>A huddle of penguins</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> penguins </td><td>A parcel of penguins</td><td> Uncertain </td></tr>
<tr><td> penguins </td><td>A rookery of penguins</td><td> Spurious </td></tr>
<tr><td> pheasants </td><td>A bouquet of pheasants</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> pheasants </td><td>A covey of pheasants</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> pheasants </td><td>A nide of pheasants</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> pheasants </td><td>A nye of pheasants</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> pigeons </td><td>A kit of pigeons</td><td> Uncertain </td></tr>
<tr><td> pigeons </td><td>A loft of pigeons</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> plovers </td><td>A congregation of plovers</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> ptarmigan </td><td>A covey of ptarmigans
<tr><td> quail </td><td>A bevy of quail</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> quail </td><td>A covey of quail</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> ravens </td><td>A conspiracy of ravens</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> ravens </td><td>A murder of ravens</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> ravens </td><td>A storytelling of ravens</td><td> Uncertain </td></tr>
<tr><td> ravens </td><td>An unkindness of ravens</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> rooks </td><td>A building of rooks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> rooks </td><td>A clamour of rooks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> rooks </td><td>A parliament of rooks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> ruffs </td><td>A hill of ruffs</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> sandpipers </td><td>A fling of sandpipers</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> sea fowl </td><td>A cloud of sea fowl</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> seagulls </td><td>A flock of seagulls</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> sheldrakes </td><td>A doading of sheldrakes</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> skylarks </td><td>An exultation of skylarks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> snipe </td><td>A walk of snipe</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> snipe </td><td>A wisp of snipe</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> sparrows </td><td>A host of sparrows</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> sparrows </td><td>A quarrel of sparrows</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> sparrows </td><td>A ubiquity of sparrows</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> starlings </td><td>A murmuration of starlings</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> storks </td><td>A muster of storks</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> storks </td><td>A phalanx of storks</td><td> Uncertain </td></tr>
<tr><td> swallows </td><td>A flight of swallows</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> swallows </td><td>A gulp of swallows</td><td> Spurious </td></tr>
<tr><td> swans </td><td>A gaggle of swans</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> swans </td><td>A wedge of swans (flying)</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> swans </td><td>A bank of swans</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> swans </td><td>A bevy of swans</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> swans </td><td>A whiteness of swans</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> swans </td><td>A gargle of swans</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> swans </td><td>An eyrar of swans</td><td> Uncertain </td></tr>
<tr><td> teal </td><td>A diving of teal</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> teal </td><td>A spring of teal</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> thrushes </td><td>A mutation of thrushes</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> turkeys </td><td>A raffle of turkeys</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> turkeys </td><td>A rafter of turkeys</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> turtle doves </td><td>A pitying of turtledoves</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> waterfowl </td><td>A knob of waterfowl</td><td> Uncertain </td></tr>
<tr><td> waterfowl </td><td>A plump of waterfowl</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> wigeon </td><td>A coil of wigeon</td><td> √ </td></tr>
<tr><td> woodpeckers </td><td>A descent of woodpeckers</td><td> √ </td></tr>
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