A Plurality of Birds

Here are some of the terms to describe birds in groups.

1. a siege of herons or bitterns
2. a plump of wildfowl
3. a gaggle of geese
4. a skein of geese (flying)
5. a herd of swans, cranes or curlews
6. a badelyng of ducks
7. a sord (or sute) of mallards
8. a spring of teal
9. a company of widgeon
10. a cast of hawks
11. a bevy of quail
12. a covey of partridges
13. a nuster of peacocks
14. a nye of pheasants
15. a brood of chickens
16. a covert of coots
17. a congregation of plovers
18. a desert of lapwings
19. a wisp (or walk) of snipe
20. a fall of woodcock
21. a bazaar of guillemots (murres)
22. a flight of doves or swallows
23. a murmuration of starlings
24. an exaltation of larks
25. a watch of nightingales
26. a building of rooks
27. a chattering of choughs
28. a host of sparrows

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