Collective nouns for creatures refer to groups of animals or insects described as a single entity. The table below lists various creatures along with the collective nouns used to name their groups.
| Noun | Collective Noun(s) |
|---|---|
| alligators | congregation |
| animals (wild) | menagerie, zoo |
| antelopes | herd |
| ants | army, colony, nest, swarm |
| baboons | troop, flange |
| badgers | cete |
| barracuda | battery |
| bats | colony, cloud |
| bears | sloth, sleuth |
| beavers | colony, family |
| bees | hive, swarm |
| birds (general) | flight, flock |
| boars (wild) | sounder |
| buffalo/bison | herd |
| butterflies | kaleidoscope, flutter |
| camels | caravan, train |
| canaries | cast |
| cats (domestic) | clowder, glaring |
| cattle | herd, drove |
| cheetahs | coalition |
| chickens (adult) | flock, brood |
| chicks | brood |
| cobras | quiver |
| crocodiles | bask, float |
| crows | murder |
| deer | herd |
| dogs | pack |
| dolphins | school, pod |
| doves | flight |
| ducks (on water) | raft, paddling |
| ducks (in flight) | skein |
| eagles | convocation |
| elephants | herd |
| elk (wapiti) | gang, herd |
| falcons | cast |
| ferrets | business |
| fish (general) | shoal, school; catch, haul (as take) |
| flamingos | flamboyance |
| flies | cloud, swarm |
| foxes | skulk, leash |
| frogs | army |
| geese (on land/water) | gaggle, flock |
| geese (in flight) | skein, wedge |
| goats | herd, flock, trip |
| gorillas | band, troop |
| grouse | covey, pack |
| gulls | colony |
| hawks | kettle (in migration), cast |
| herrings | school |
| hippos | bloat |
| horses | team, string, stud, remuda, drove |
| hounds | pack |
| hyenas | cackle, clan |
| insects (general) | cloud, plague, swarm |
| jaguars | prowl (rare), leap (by analogy with leopards) |
| jellyfish | smack, bloom |
| kangaroos | mob, troop |
| kittens | kindle, litter |
| lapwings | deceit |
| leopards | leap |
| lions | pride, troop |
| litter (of cubs) | litter |
| locusts | cloud, flight, plague, swarm |
| magpies | tiding (also charm) |
| martens | richness |
| moles | labour |
| monkeys | troop |
| moose | herd |
| mice | nest |
| nightingales | watch |
| ostriches | flock |
| otters | romp, raft (at sea) |
| owls | parliament |
| oxen | team, yoke |
| pandas | embarrassment |
| partridges | covey |
| peacocks/peafowl | muster, ostentation |
| pelicans | squadron |
| penguins | rookery, colony |
| pheasants | bouquet, nye |
| piglets | litter |
| pigs/swine | herd, drift, drove, sounder |
| porcupines | prickle |
| porpoises | school, pod |
| puppies | litter |
| quail | bevy, covey |
| rabbits | nest, colony, warren (place) |
| raccoons | gaze |
| ravens | unkindness, conspiracy |
| rhinoceroses | crash |
| rooks | building |
| seals | pod, rookery, colony |
| sharks | shiver |
| sheep | flock, drove |
| skunks | surfeit |
| sparrows | host |
| starlings | murmuration |
| storks | mustering |
| swallows | flight |
| swans (on land/water) | bevy, bank |
| swans (in flight) | wedge |
| termites | colony |
| tigers | ambush, streak |
| toads | knot |
| trout | hover |
| turkeys | rafter |
| turtles (on nesting beach) | rookery, bale |
| vultures | committee (perched), wake (feeding) |
| whales | pod, school, gam |
| wolves | pack, rout |
| zebras | dazzle, zeal |
