Official and unofficial names for groups of birds. Feel free to add to this list.
Groups[]
Birds - flight, volery, fleet, flock, parcel, pod, brace, dissimulation.
Eggs - Clutch
Young birds - Brood
Type[]
Auks - colony, loomery, raft
Bank Swallows - foreclosure
Barn Owls - stable
Barn Swallows - kettle
Barred Owls - jail, prohibition
Belted Kingfishers - crown, rattle
Birds - flight, volery, fleet, flock, parcel, pod
Bitterns - dash, freeze, pint, pretense, siege, sedge
Black-and-White Warblers - dichotomy, distinction, integration
Blackbirds - cloud, cluster, merl, pie-full (informal)
Bobolinks - chain
Buntings - decoration, mural, sacrifice
Sources[]
- https://www.backyardchirper.com/blog/collective-nouns-for-groups-of-various-birds/
- https://baltimorebirdclub.org/gnlist.html
- http://birding-world.com/names-bird-groups/
- https://www.thespruce.com/flock-names-of-groups-of-birds-386827
- http://www.utahbirds.org/featarts/2009/BirdGroupNames.htm
- https://7esl.com/collective-nouns-for-animals/
- https://lenichoir.org/collective-nouns/