Group of birds

[akinb]

What do you call a group of birds?

[sloth]

Generally it's a flock, but it does depend on the type of bird.. ie it is a 'murder of crows'..

[cathschwerin]

A group of birds is a flock. There are also other collective names for birds, like a parliament of owls or a covey of partridges.

[Ginbottle]

covey of grouse. flock of birds. gaggle of geese. bevy of quails. cast of hawks. covert of coots. fall of woodcocks. flight of doves/swallows. herd of cranes. host of sparrows. muster of peacocks. nide of pheasants. a paddling of ducks. siege of herons. stand of plovers. watch of nightingales. wisp of snipe. ( a pub full of girls?)

[Ginbottle]

Birds; congregation, dissimulation, flock, volary, volery, Bittern; sedge, siege. chicken; brood, peep. chicks; clutch, chattering. coot; cover. cranes; sedge, siege. crow; murder. duck; brace, flock, paddling, safe. dove; dole, dule. eagles; convocation. emu; mob. finches; charm. flamingo; stand. geese; gaggle, a skein when in flight. grouse; pack. hawk; cast, kettle. hens; brood. lapwing; deceit. lark; ascension, bevy, exaltation. magpies; tiding nightingales; watch. owls; parliament. parrot; company, pandemonium. partridges; covey. peacocks; muster, ostentation. penguin; colony, muster, parcel. pheasants; bevy, bouquet, nest, nid, nide, nye. pigeons; flight, flock. plovers; congregation, wing. ravens; unkindness. rooks; building, clamour, rookery, parliament. snipe; walk, wisp sparrows; host. starlings; murmuration. storks; mustering. swallows; flight. teal; spring. turkey; rafter. turtledoves; dule, pitying. woodcocks; fall. woodpecker; descent.