Hello! A busy week calls for a quick post. I encountered some fun collective nouns this week and wanted to mention a few here.
Birds
- A gaggle of geese
- A murder of crows
- A parliament of owls
- A clowder of cats (wild cats)
- A company of parrots
- A host of sparrows
- A pitying of turtledoves
- A descent of woodpeckers
- A bouquet of pheasants.
- A committee of vultures (while stationary), a kettle of vultures (while flying), a wake of vultures (while feeding).
Mammals
- A troop of monkeys
- A mob of kangaroos
- A sounder of wild boars
- A tower of giraffes (when stationary), a journey of giraffes (when moving).
- A kindle of kittens
- A leap of leopards
- A skulk of foxes
- A crash of rhinoceroses
- A dazzle of zebras
- An ambush of tigers
- An embarrassment of pandas
Insects
- An army of caterpillars
- A cloud of grasshoppers
- A rabble of butterflies
- A scourge of mosquitoes
- A mischief of mice
- A plague of locusts
Reptiles
- A bask of crocodiles
- A lounge of lizards
- A dole of turtles
Hope you learned some fun collective nouns. Thanks for reading. Cheers!