Collective Nouns for Animals

Master unusual group names used in competitive English and literature.

Collective Nouns for Animals & Birds Fascinating terms of venery used in English to describe groups of wild and domestic creatures.

A pride of lions

A school / shoal of fish

A murder of crows

A parliament of owls

A pack of wolves / dogs

A flock of birds / sheep

A herd of cattle / elephants

A swarm of bees / insects

A troop of monkeys

A colony of ants / bats

A crash of rhinoceroses

A pod of dolphins / whales