The list gives the word for the bird on the left, and its collective noun on the right. A Flight of cormorants . aerie of hawks . Collective Nouns for Birds I thought the class might be interested in some of these names for groups of birds: Sorted by Noun. A company of widgeon . A flock of parrots. A colony of gulls . A skein of flamingos. A chatter of budgerigars. A host of sparrows . A dule of turkeys. The same is used for many insects which move in a mass such as a swarm of flies, a swarm of bees, a swarm of mosquitoes, etc. mustering of storks flight of swallows . A crowd of ibis A peep of chickens. This lesson provides a list of collective nouns for birds in English. aerie of eagles . ... Sparrows: Host, quarrel, knot, flutter, crew; Sorted by Bird Type. ... host of sparrows . ascension of larks . muster of storks . A sedge of herons . -- Bruce M. Bowman my list of collective bird nouns, refused by Wild Bird News. You'll have to sort them out yourself. A flight of doves. a … Some of these are real collective names, some are made up. murmuration of starlings . The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. band of jays . Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. A flight of swallows . The collective noun for fleas is a swarm. For many animals, particularly domesticated ones, there are specific names for males, females, young, and groups.. (Lots of luck.) A muster of peacocks. A herd of cranes. Sparrows, a crew of Sparrows, a flight of Sparrow, a flutter of Sparrows, a host of Sparrows, a meinie of Sparrows, a quarrel of Sparrows, a tribe of Sparrows, an ubiquity of Sparrows (American tree), a grove of Sparrows (chipping), a tournament of ... collective nouns: hall of fame: A brood of hens. (My thanks to Macklin Smith of Ann Arbor, Michigan, for calling the Bird Nouns contest to my attention.) A cast of hawks.