Animal Group Names

When animals get together in a group, we have a specific name for the group. For example, you probably know a group of dogs is a pack. Here’s a great list of animal group names. (Some are quite strange!)

Did you know that a group of tigers is called a streak of tigers? And a group of crows is called a murder of crows? Do you think that these names make sense? Do you think some are weird or funny? There is no right answer! 

It could be fun to create one of those matching games to challenge your knowledge of animal group names!

Animal
Group Name

Antelope
A herd of antelope

Ant
A colony or an army of ants

Ape
A shrewdness of apes

Baboons
A troop of baboons

Bacteria
A culture of bacteria

Badger
A cete of badgers

Bass
A shoal of bass

Bear
A sleuth or sloth of bears

Beaver
A colony of beavers

Bee
A swarm, grist or hive of bees

Bird
A flock, flight, congregation or volery of birds

Boar
A sounder of boars

Buffalo
A herd of buffalo

Buck
A brace or clash of bucks

Caterpillar
An army of caterpillars

Cat
A clowder or clutter of cats

Cattle
A herd or drove of cattle

Chicken
A brood or peep of chickens

Chicks
A clutch or chattering of chicks

Clam
A bed of clams

Cobra
A quiver of cobras

Colt
A rag of colts

Cow
A kine of cows (twelve cows are a flink)

Coyote
A band of coyote

Crane
A sedge or siege of cranes

Crocodile
A float of crocodiles

Crow
A murder of crows

Cub
A litter of cubs

Deer
A herd of deer

Dog
A pack of dogs

Donkey
A herd or pace of asses

Dove
A dule of doves

Duck
A brace, paddling or team of ducks

Eagle
A convocation of eagles

Elephant
A herd of elephants

Elk
A gang of elks

Emus
A mob of emus

Ferret
A business or fesnyng of ferrets

Finches
A charm of finches

Fish
A school, shoal, run, haul, catch of fish

Fly
A swarm, hatch, or business of flies

Fox
A skulk or leash of foxes

Frog
An army or colony of frogs

Geese
A flock, gaggle or skein (in flight) of geese

Gnat
A cloud or horde of gnats

Goat
A herd, tribe or trip goats

Goldfinch
A charm of goldfinches

Goldfish
A troubling of goldfish

Gorilla
A band of gorillas

Grasshopper
A cloud of grasshoppers

Greyhound
A leash of greyhounds

Hare
A down or husk of hares

Hawk
A cast or kettle of hawks

Hen
A brood of hens

Hippo
A bloat of hippopotamuses

Hog
A drift, or parcel of hogs

Horse
A team, pair or harras of horses

Hound
A pack, mute or cry of hounds

Jellyfish
A smuck or brood of jellyfish

Kangaroo
A troop or mob of kangaroos

Kitten
A kindle or litter of kittens

Lark
An ascension or exaltation of larks

Leopard
A leap (leep) of leopards

Lice
A flock of lice

Lion
A pride of lions

Locust
A plague or cloud of locusts

Magpie
A tiding or tittering of magpies

Mallard
A sord of mallards

Mare
A stud of mares

Marten
A richness of martens

Minnow
A steam of minnows

Mole
A labor or movement of moles

Monkey
A troop or cartload of monkeys

Mule
A barren or span of mules

Nightingale
A watch of nightingales

Owls
A parliament of owls

Oxen
A yoke, drove, team or herd of oxen

Oyster
A bed of oysters

Parrot
A company of parrots

Partridge
A covey of partridges

Peacock
A muster or ostentation of peacocks

Peep
A litter of peeps

Penguin
A colony of penguins

Pheasant
A nest, nide (nye) or bouquet of pheasants

Pigeon
A flock or flight of pigeons

Pig
A litter of pigs

Plover
A wing or congregation of plovers

Pony
A string of ponies

Porpoise
A pod of porpoises

Quail
A covey or bevy of quail

Rabbit
A nest of rabbits

Raccoon
A gaze of raccoons

Rat
A pack or swarm of rats

Rattlesnake
A rhumba of rattlesnakes

Raven
An unkindness of ravens

Rhino
A crash or herd of rhinos

Roebuck
A bevy of roebucks

Rook
A building or clamour of rooks

Sardine
A family of sardines

Shark
A shiver of sharks

Seal
A herd or pod of seals

Sheep
A drove or flock of sheep

Snake
A nest or knot of snakes

Snipe
A walk or wisp of snipe

Sparrow
A host of sparrows

Squirrel
A dray of squirrels

Starling
A murmuration of starlings

Stork
A mustering of storks

Swallow
A flight of swallows

Swan
A bevy, herd, lamentation or wedge of swans

Swift
A flock of swifts

Swine
A sounder or drift of swine

Teal
A spring of teals

Tiger
A streak of tigers

Toad
A knot or knab of toads

Trout
A hover of trout

Turkey
A rafter of turkeys

Turtle dove
A pitying or dule of turtle doves

Turtle
A bale of turtles

Viper
A nest of vipers

Walrus
A pod of walrus

Wasp
A pledge of wasps

Weasel
A pack of weasels

Whale
A school, gam or pod of whales

Wolf
A pack or route of wolves

Woodcock
A fall of woodcocks

Woodpecker
A descent of woodpeckers