Use a list that provides terms (such as herds, flocks, and murders) for various animal groups.
Themes:
Holidays:
- ANIMAL: GROUP NAME
- ants: colony
- bears: sleuth, sloth
- bees: grist, hive, swarm
- birds: flight, volery
- cattle: drove
- cats: clutter, clowder
- chicks: brood, clutch
- clams: bed
- cranes: sedge, seige
- crows: murder
- doves: dule
- ducks: brace, team
- elephants: herd
- elks: gang
- finches: charm
- fish: school, shoal, draught
- foxes: leash, skulk
- geese: flock, gaggle, skein
- gnats: cloud, horde
- goats: trip
- gorillas: band
- hares: down, husk
- hawks: cast
- hens: brood
- hogs: drift
- horses: pair, team
- hounds: cry, mute, pack
- kangaroos: troop
- kittens: kindle, litter
- larks: exaltation
- lions: pride
- locusts: plague
- magpies: tidings
- mules: span
- nightingales: watch
- oxen: yoke
- oysters: bed
- parrots: company
- partridges: covey
- peacocks: muster, ostentation
- pheasants: nest, bouquet
- pigs: litter
- ponies: string
- quail: bevy, covey
- rabbits: nest
- seals: pod
- sheep: drove, flock
- sparrows: host
- storks: mustering
- swans: bevy, wedge
- swine: sounder
- toads: knot
- turkeys: rafter
- turtles: bale
- vipers: nest
- whales: gam, pod
- wolves: pack, route
- woodcocks: fall
Source: James G. Doherty, General Curator, The Wildlife Conservation Society.
