The 47 oddest names for groups of animals and birds

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The 47 oddest (or bizarre or funny) names for groups of animals and birds.

Animals

  • A group of apes is called a troop or shrewdness.
  • A group buffalo of is called a gang or obstinacy.
  • A group of deers is called a mob.
  • A group of dogs is called a pack or kennel.
  • A group of elephants is called a parade.

  • A group of ferrets is called a busyness.
  • A group of foxes called a skulk.
  • A group of goats called a trip or flock.
  • A group of gorillas called a band.
  • A group of kangaroos is called a mob or troop.
  • A group of lions is called a pride or sawt.

  • A group of leopards is called a leap or lepe
  • A group of monkeys called a troop or barrel or wilderness.
  • A group of wigeon called a company or trip.
  • A group of zebras called a zeal or dazzle.
  • A group of camel is called a train or caravan.
  • A group of giraffes is called a tower.
  • A group of baboons is called a troop.
  • A group of hyenas is called a cackle.
  • A group of bears is called a sloth.
  • A group of rats is called a mischief
  • A group of dolphins is called a school.

 Birds

  • A group of birds is called a flock or flight or pod.
  • A group of nightingales called a watch.
  • A group of rooks is called a parliament or building.
  • A group of bats is called a cloud or colony.

  • A group of eagles is called a convocation.
  • A group of parrots is called a company.
  • A group of flamingoes is called a stand.
  • A group of owls is called a parliament.
  • A group of peacocks is called a muster.
  • A group of sparrows is called a host.

  • A group of humming birds is called a charm.
  • A group of doves is called a flight or dole.
  • A group of crows is called a murder.
  • A group of woodpeckers is called a descent.
  •  A group of penguins is called a muster or parcel.

    Others

    • A group of flies is called a business.
    • A group of bees is called a swarm or drift or hive.
    • A group of ants is called a army or colony or nest.
    • A group of caterpillars is called an army.

    • A group of frogs is called an army.
    • A group of toads is called a knot.
    • A group of spiders is called a cluster or clutter.
    • A group of snails is called a hood.
    • A group of oysters is called a bed.
    • A group of butterflies is called a flutter.

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