Common Names for Gatherings of Birds

Bitterns – a sedge, a pretense, a siege,

Blue Jays – a band, a party, a scold

Coots – a raft, a covert

Cormorants – a gulp, a flight

Cranes – a sedge, a herd

Crows  – a congress, a murder, a herd, a mob, a parliament

Curlews – a herd

Doves – a dole, a flight, a piteousness, a cote, a bevy, a doping

Ducks – a brace, a paddling, a raft, a team

Eagles – a convocation, an aerie

Finches – a charm, a trembling

Geese – a gaggle, a skein, a wedge

Goldfinches – a charm, a drum

Gulls – a colony, a screech, a flock

Hawks – a cast, a kettle, a boil

Herons – a siege

Hummingbirds – a charm, a troubling, a hover

Kingfishers – a concentration, a crown, a realm

Loons  – a raft

Mallards – a flush, a puddling, a suit

Owls – a parliament, a wisdom, a stare

Pelicans – a squadron, pod

Plovers – a congregation

Robins – a blush, a bobbin, a breast, a carol, a gift, a riot, a round

Sandpipers – a fling, a bind, a cluster, a contradiction

Snipe – a walk, a whisp

Sparrows – a host, a quarrel, a tribe

Starlings – a murmuration, a chattering, a cloud, a congregation

Storks – a mustering, a muster

Swallows – a flight, a gulp

Teal – a spring

Turkeys – a rafter, a muster

Vultures – a wake, a venue

Woodcock – a fall

Woodpeckers – a descent

Wrens – a herd, a chime

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