A group of birds in general is called a congregation, flight, flock, volery, or volley. Below is a list specific to types of birds.
| Bird |
Group Name |
| Bitterns |
Siege or sedge |
| Budgerigars |
Chatter |
| Chickens |
Flock, run, brood, or clutch |
| Coots |
Fleet or pod |
| Cormorants |
Flight |
| Bird |
Group Name |
| Cranes |
Herd or siege |
| Crows |
Murder, clan, or hover |
| Curlews |
Herd |
| Doves |
Flight, flock, or dole |
| Ducks |
Paddling, bed, brace, flock, flight, or raft |
| Eagles |
Convocation |
| Geese |
Gaggle or plump (on water), flock (on land), skein (in flight), or covert |
| Goldfinches |
Charm, chattering, chirp, or drum |
| Grouses |
Pack or brood |
| Gulls |
Colony |
| Hawks |
Cast |
| Hens |
Brood or flock |
| Herons |
Siege, sege, scattering, or sedge |
| Jays |
Band |
| Larks |
Exaltation, flight, or ascension |
| Magpies |
Tiding or tittering |
| Mallards |
Flush, sord, or sute |
| Nightingales |
Watch |
| Partridges |
Covey |
| Peacocks |
Muster, ostentation, or pride |
| Penguins |
Colony |
| Pheasants |
Nye, brood, or nide |
| Pigeons |
Flock or flight |
| Plovers |
Stand, congregation, flock, or flight |
| Quails |
Covey or bevy |
| Sparrows |
Host |
| Starlings |
Chattering or murmuration |
| Storks |
Mustering |
| Swallows |
Flight |
| Swans |
Herd, team, bank, wedge, or bevy |
| Teals |
Spring |
| Turkeys |
Rafter |
| Turtle doves |
Dule |
| Woodpeckers |
Descent |
| Wrens |
Herd |
