Collective Nouns are the names which denote a group or a number of people or things. For example : a group of sheep is called a flock, a group of soldiers is called a troop, battalion, army, regiment etc.
Here, we have given a list of some collective nouns related to Animals, Birds and Insects. The list is helpful for all students and competitive exams candidates.
| S. No. | Collection of Persons / Things | Name of the Collective Noun (One Word Name of the Collection) |
| 1 | A group of sheep | Flock |
| 2 | A group of whales | School, gam |
| 3 | A group of fish | Shoal |
| 4 | A group of fish caught in a net | Catch, Haul |
| 5 | A group of horses, ponies driven together | Drove |
| 6 | A group of cattle or swine feeding or driven together | Herd, Drove |
| 7 | A group of horses or oxen harnessed together | Team |
| 8 | A group of birds, bees and insects moving together | Flight |
| 9 | A group of bees or locusts | Swarm, Grist |
| 10 | A group of bees living in the same place | Hive |
| 11 | A group of horses kept for riding, racing or breeding | Stud |
| 12 | A group of lions, monkeys | Troop |
| 13 | A group of lions living together | Pride |
| 14 | A group of peacocks | Muster |
| 15 | A group of leopards | Leap |
| 16 | A group of wolves, hounds | Pack |
| 17 | A group of wolves | Pack, Nest, Route |
| 18 | A group of geese | Gaggle |
| 19 | A group of snakes or rabbits living together in the same place | Nest |
| 20 | A group of rooks | Rookery |
| 21 | A group of asses | Herd |
| 22 | A group of mules | Barren |
| 23 | A group of chicken hatched together at the same time | Brood |
| 24 | A colony of seals | Rookery, Pod, Colony |
| 25 | A group of baby pigs, dogs or cats born to one mother at the same time | Litter |
| 26 | A group of kittens | Kindle |
| 27 | A collection of ducks, fowls | Poultry |
| 28 | A pair of hawks | Cast, Kettle |
| 29 | A group of swans or wild geese flying together | Skein |
| 30 | A small collection of wild animals | Menagerie |
| 31 | A large collection of wild animals | Zoo |
| 32 | A group of larks, quails | Bevy |
| 33 | A group of zebra | Dazzle |
| 34 | A group of woodpeckers | Descent |
| 35 | A group of alligators | Congregation |
| 36 | A group of antelope | Herd |
| 37 | A group of ants | Army, Swarm, Colony |
| 38 | A group of apes | Shrewdness |
| 39 | A group of baboons | Rumpus |
| 40 | A group of bats | Cloud |
| 41 | A group of bears | Sleuth, sloth |
| 42 | A group of beavers | Colony, Lodge |
| 43 | A group of boars | Pack |
| 44 | A group of bucks | Brace, Clash |
| 45 | A group of butterflies | Flutter |
| 46 | A group of camels | Flock |
| 47 | A group of cats | Clowder, Clutter |
| 48 | A group of caterpillars | Army |
| 49 | A group of chimpanzees | Cartload |
| 50 | A group of cobras | Quiver |
| 51 | A group of cockroaches | Intrusion |
| 52 | A group of cranes | Herd, Sledge, Sedge |
| 53 | A group of crocodiles | Bask, Congregation, Float |
| 54 | A group of crows | Horde |
| 55 | A group of cubs | Litter |
| 56 | A group of deer | Herd |
| 57 | A group of dolphins | Pod |
| 58 | A group of donkeys | Drove, Herd |
| 59 | A group of Doves | Dule |
| 60 | A group of ducks | Team, Flock (in air), paddling (on water) |
| 61 | A group of eagles | Convocation |
| 62 | A group of eels | Swarm |
| 63 | A group of elephants | Herd, Parade |
| 64 | A group of Emus | Mob |
| 65 | A group of flies | Swarm |
| 66 | A group of Foxes | Leash, Skulk |
| 67 | A group of frogs | Army |
| 68 | A group of giraffes | Corps, Herd |
| 69 | A group of gnats | Horde, Cloud |
| 70 | A group of gorillas | Band |
| 71 | A group of hares | Husk, Down |
| 72 | A group of hedgehogs | Array |
| 73 | A group of hippopotami | Bloat |
| 74 | A group of hummingbirds | Charm |
| 75 | A group of hyenas | Cackle |
| 76 | A group of jellyfish | Smack |
| 77 | A group of kangaroos | Mob, Troop |
| 78 | A group of locusts | Plague |
| 79 | A group of mares | Stud |
| 80 | A group of moose | Herd |
| 81 | A group of mosquitoes | Swarm |
| 82 | A group of mice / rats | Hoard, Mischief |
| 83 | A group of owls | Parliament |
| 84 | A group of nightingales | Watch |
| 85 | A group of oysters | Bed |
| 86 | A group of birds | Congregation, Flock |
| 87 | A group of parrots | Company, Flock |
| 88 | A group of partridges | Covey |
| 89 | A group of penguins | Rookery, Colony |
| 90 | A group of pheasants | Bouquet |
| 91 | A group of pigeons | Flock, Flight |
| 92 | A group of polar bears | Pack |
| 93 | A group of ponies | String |
| 94 | A group of porcupines | Prickle |
| 95 | A group of porpoises | Herd, Pod |
| 96 | A group of rabbits | Nest, Warren |
| 97 | A group of raccoons | Nursery |
| 98 | A group of rattlesnakes | Rhumba |
| 99 | A group of Rhinoceros | Crash |
| 100 | A group of sharks | School, Shiver |
| 101 | A group of skunks | Surfeit |
| 102 | A group of snakes | Pit, Bed, Nest |
| 103 | A group of spiders | Clutter, Cluster |
| 104 | A group of squirrels | Dray, Scurry |
| 105 | A group of swans | Bevy, Herd, Wedge |
| 106 | A group of tigers | Ambush, Streak |
| 107 | A group of toads | Knot |
| 108 | A group of turkeys | Flock, Gang, Raft |
| 109 | A group of turtles | Bale |
| 110 | A group of walruses | Pod |
