Animal and Creature Group Names
| Animal | Name |
|---|---|
| albatross | rookery |
| alligators | congregation |
| angels* | host |
| antelope | herd |
| ants | army, colony, nest, swarm |
| apes | shrewdness, troop |
| apparitions* | academy |
| asses | drove, herd, pace |
| auks | colony, flock, raft |
| baboons | flange, troop |
| bacteria | culture |
| badgers | cete, colony, company, set |
| banshees* | racket |
| barracudas | battery |
| basilisks* | tackle |
| bass | shoal |
| bats | cloud, colony |
| bears (adult) | sleuth, sloth |
| beavers | colony, family |
| bees | grist, hive, nest, swarm |
| behemoths* | spectacle |
| birds | brace, congregation, dissimulation, flock, volary |
| bison | herd |
| bitterns | sedge, siege |
| bloodhounds | sute |
| boars | sounder, singular |
| bobolinks | chain |
| bucks | brace, clash |
| buffalo | gang, herd, obstinacy, troop |
| bullfinches | bellowing |
| bullocks | drove |
| butterflies | flight, flutter |
| buzzards | wake |
| camels | caravan, flock, train |
| capons | mews |
| caribou | herd |
| caterpillars | army |
| cats (general) | clowder, clutter, glare, nuisance, pounce |
| cattle | drove, herd, team |
| centaurs* | eminence |
| cheetahs | coalition |
| cherubim* | compass |
| chickens | brood, peep |
| chicks | clutch, chattering |
| chimerae* | braid |
| chinchilla | colony |
| choughs | clattering |
| clams | bed |
| cobras | quiver |
| cockatrices* | cabal |
| cockroaches | intrusion |
| cod | lap |
| colts | rag, rake |
| coots | cover, raft |
| cormorants | gulp |
| cows | kine |
| coyote | band |
| crabs | cast |
| cranes | herd, sedge, siege |
| crocodiles | bask, float |
| crows | horde, murder, parcel |
| cubs | litter |
| curlews | herd |
| curs | cowardice |
| deer | herd, leash |
| demons* | legion |
| devils* | bombast |
| dogs | kennel, litter, pack |
| dolphins | pod |
| donkeys | drove, herd, pace |
| dotterel | trip |
| doves | bevy, cote, dole, dule, paddling, piteousness |
| dragons* | dignity |
| dryads* | brace |
| ducks (flight) | flock |
| ducks (ground) | badling, brace |
| ducks (water) | paddling, raft, team |
| dunlins | fling |
| eagles | aerie, convocation |
| eels | bed, fry, swarm |
| eggs | clutch |
| elephant seals (weaner pod = yearling elephant seals) | pod |
| elephants | herd, memory |
| elks | gang , herd |
| emus | mob |
| falcons | cast |
| ferrets | business, cast, fesnying |
| finches | charm |
| fish | catch, drought, haul, run, school, shoal |
| flamingoes | flamboyance, stand |
| flies | business, cloud, swarm |
| foxes | lead, leash, skulk |
| frogs | army, colony, knot |
| gargoyles* | audacity |
| geese (flight) | skein |
| geese (ground) | corps, herd, gaggle |
| ghosts* | congress |
| ghouls* | shroud |
| giraffes | tower |
| gnats | cloud, horde, swarm |
| gnus | implausibility |
| goats | drove, herd, tribe, trip |
| goldfinches | charm |
| goldfish | glint, troubling |
| gorillas | band, troop |
| goshawks | flight |
| grasshoppers | cloud |
| greyhounds | leash |
| griffins* | senate |
| guillemots | bazaar |
| guinea fowl | confusion |
| gulls | colony, screech |
| hares | down, husk |
| harpies* | clamor |
| hawks (flight) | kettle |
| hawks (general) | cast |
| hawks (spiraling) | boil |
| hedgehogs | array |
| hens | brood |
| herons | hedge, sedge, siege |
| herrings | army, shoal |
| hippopotamuses | bloat |
| hogs | drift, passel, parcel |
| hornets | bike, nest |
| horses (general) | harras, stable, team, troop |
| horses (wild) | herd |
| hounds | cry, mute, pack |
| housecats | clowder, cluster, dout, nuisance |
| hummingbirds | charm |
| hyenas | cackle, clan |
| ifrits* | storm |
| impalas | herd |
| insects | horde, nest, plague, rabble, swarm |
| jackrabbits | husk |
| jays | band, party, scold |
| jellyfish | brood, smack |
| kangaroos | herd, mob, troop |
| kittens | litter, kindle |
| lapwings | deceit |
| larks | ascension, exaultation |
| leopards | leap, leep, lepe |
| leprechauns* | indulgence |
| lice | flock |
| lions | pride, sault, troop |
| lizards | lounge |
| locusts | plague |
| magpies | charm, gulp, murder, tiding |
| mallards (flight) | sord |
| mallards (general) | brace |
| mares | stud |
| martens | richness |
| mermaids* | gossip |
| mice | mischief |
| midges | bite |
| minnows | shoal, steam, swarm |
| moles | company, labor, movement |
| monkeys | barrel, carload, cartload, tribe, troop |
| moose | herd |
| mosquitoes | scourge |
| mudhens | fleet |
| mules | barren, pack, rake, span |
| naiads* | swell |
| nightingales | watch |
| otters | bevy, family, raft, romp |
| owls | parliament, stare |
| oxen | drove, herd, team, yoke |
| oysters | bed |
| parrots | company, pandemonium |
| partridges [or grouse or ptarmigans] | covey |
| peacocks | muster, ostentation, pride |
| peeps | litter |
| pekingese | pomp |
| pelicans | pod |
| penguins (general) | colony, huddle |
| penguins (nursery) | |
| pheasants (brood) | nide |
| pheasants (flushed) | bouquet |
| pheasants (general) | nest, nye |
| pigeons | flight, flock, kit |
| piglets | farrow |
| pigs | herd, litter, sounder |
| pilchards | shoal |
| plovers (flight) | wing |
| plovers (general) | congregation |
| polecats | chine |
| ponies | string |
| porcupines | prickle |
| porpoises | crowd, herd, pod, school, shoal |
| prairie dogs | coterie |
| pups | litter |
| quail | bevy, covey |
| rabbits (young) | nest |
| rabbits | bury, colony, down, drove, husk, leash, trace, trip |
| raccoons | gaze |
| rats | colony, pack, plague, swarm |
| rattlesnakes | rhumba |
| ravens | unkindness |
| reindeer | herd |
| revenants* | depravity |
| rhinoceros | crash, stubbornness |
| roebucks | bevy |
| rooks | building, clamor, parliment |
| rooks, ravens, crows | storytelling |
| ruffs | hill |
| salmon | run |
| sandpipers | fling |
| sardines | family |
| scorpions | bed, nest |
| seabirds | wreck |
| seals | bob, colony, crash, harem, herd, pod, team |
| seraphim* | glory |
| sharks | school, shiver, shoal |
| sheep | down, drove, flock, fold, hurtle, pack, trip |
| sheldrakes | doading |
| skeletons* | drudge |
| skylarks | exultation |
| snails | escargatoire, rout, walk |
| snakes | bed, den, knot, nest, pit |
| snipe | walk, wisp |
| sparrows | host |
| sphinxes* | finery |
| spiders | cluster, clutter |
| spirits* | penumbra |
| springbok | herd |
| sprites* | resolution |
| squirrels | dray, scurry |
| starlings | chattering, murmuration |
| stingrays | fever |
| stoats | pack, trip |
| storks | muster, mustering |
| succubi* | opulence |
| swallows (or doves, goshawks, or cormorants) | flight, gulp |
| swans (flight) | flight, wedge |
| swans (general) | bevy, bank, herd |
| swifts | flock |
| swine | drift, sounder |
| teal | spring |
| termites | brood, colony, nest, swarm |
| thrush | mutation |
| tigers | ambush, streak |
| titans* | majesty |
| toads | knab, knot, nest |
| trolls* | malevolence |
| trout | hover |
| turkeys | gang, posse, raft, rafter |
| turtledoves | dule, pitying |
| turtles | bale, dole, nest, turn |
| unicorns* | blessing |
| valkyries* | cavalry |
| vipers | generation, nest |
| vultures (circling) | kettle |
| vultures (general) | venue |
| walruses | herd, pod |
| wasps | nest, swarm |
| waterfowl | knob, plump |
| weasels | gang, colony, pack |
| whales | gam, herd, pod, school |
| widgeons | company |
| wild cats | destruction |
| wildfowl | plump |
| wolves (general) | pack |
| wolves (moving) | rout, route |
| wombats | wisdom |
| woodcocks | fall |
| woodpeckers | descent |
| worms | bed, bunch, clat, clew |
| wraiths* | degradation |
| wyverns* | poachment |
| zebras | cohort, crossing, herd, zeal |
*: fantastic creatures
Source: Here, Pointless, and Wondermark
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