Collective Nouns For Animals And Birds
A cadge of peregrines.
Collective nouns for animals and birds. A brood of chickens. Did you know the first list of collective nouns was published in The Book of St Albans circa 1500 and it wasnt definitive it was based on folklore humor and the whim of the publisher and its the same today. A rush of birds.
A barrel of monkeys. A bunch of bananas a litter of puppies a flock of sheep and others. Most people are likely to use the general term flock for a group of eagles rather than the proper term convocation.
A DROVE of asses. A FLANGE of baboons. Trip drove herd flock or tribe.
An army of frogs. A drove of horses. A drove of cattle.
A plump of waterfowl. Bullfinches - a bellowing of bullfinches. A court of kangaroos.
Some commons among them are Cloud Colony Drove Flock Herd Litter Nest Pack Cast and Clan. A cloud of flies. Or that the collective noun for leopards is a leap.