Animal Groups and Their Young

Here are some of the more common collective nouns given to various birds, animals, and their young.
Animal
Alligator Ant Antelope Ape Baboon Badger Baracudas Bass Bat Bears Beaver Bee Beetle Birds Bison Boar Butterfly Buzzard Camel Cat Caterpillars Cattle Chicken Chimpanzee Chinchilla Choughs Clam Cobra Cockroach Colts Cow Colony Herd Shrewdness Tribe Cete Battery Shoal Colony Sleuth, Sloth Lodge, Colony Swarm Swarm Dissimulation Herd, Gang Sounder Swarm, Rabble, kaleidoscope Wake Caravan, Flock Clowder Army Herd, Drove, Mob Brood Cartload Colony Chattering Bed Quiver Intrusion Rag Herd Calf Larva Larva/Chiton Bull Cow Calf Chick Infant Kits Bull Tom Cow Queen Bull Cow Calf Piglet Caterpillar Chick Calf Kitten Male Boar Male Female Sow Female Pup Cub Kitten Larva Grub Buck Male Male Boar Doe Female Female Sow

Group
Congregation

Male

Female

Young
Hatchling Antling Calf Infant Infant Kit, Cub

Coyote Crocodile Crow Deer Dog Dolphin Donkey Dove Duck Eagle Eel Elephant Elk Ferret Fish Flamingo Fly Fox Frog Gerbil Giraffe Gnats Goat Goldfinches Goldfish Goose Gorilla Grasshoppers Gull Hamsters Hares Hawk Hedgehog Herring

Pack, Shift, Wilieness Congregation, Bask Murder Herd, Bevy, Parcel Pack Pod Herd, Drove Dule Brace, Team, Flock Convocation Swarm Herd, Parade Gang, Herd Business School, Shoal Stand Swarm/Business Skulk Army Horde Herd/Corps Cloud Flock, Herd, Tribe Charm Troubling Gaggle Band Cloud Colony Horde Husk Cast, Kettle Array, Prickle Army

Dog

Bitch

Pup Crocklets Chick

Buck Dog Bull Jack

Doe Bitch Cow Jenny

Fawn Pup Pup Foal Chick Duckling Eaglet Elver

Bull Bull Hob

Cow Cow Jill

Calf Calf Kit Fry Chick Maggot

Dog

Vixen

Kit, Cub, Pup Tadpole, Polliwog

Buck Bull Male Billy

Doe Cow Female Nanny

Pup Calf Larva Kid

Gosling Male Female Infant

Chick Buck Buck Doe Doe Pup Leveret Eyas Boar Sow Piglet

Hippopotamus Bloat, Herd, Crash Hogs Drift, Passel

Bull Boar

Cow Sow

Calf Suckling

Hornet Horse Hummingbird Hyena Insect Jay Jellyfish Kangaroo Kitten Lark Leopard Lion Locust Louse

Nest Herd, Harras Charm Clan, Cackle Swarm Scold, Band, Party Smack Mob, Troop Litter/Kindle Exaltation Leap Pride Plague, Swarm Colony Leopard Lion Leopardess Lioness Dog Bitch Stallion Mare

Larva Foal Chick Pup Nymph, Larva Chick Ephyra Buck, Jack, Boomer Doe, Jill, Flier Joey

Chick Cub Cub Pupa Nit Duckling Chick

Mallard Ducks Sord Magpie Martens Mole Monkey Moose Mosquito Mouse Mule Nightingale Opossum Ostrich Otter Owl Oxen Oyster Parrot Partridge Peacocks Penguin Pheasant Pig Flock Raft Parliament Yoke Bed Company Covey Muster, Ostentation Rookery Bouquet Sounder Boar Sow Cock Hen Bull Cow Male Female Tiding Richness Labor Troop, Cartload Herd Swarm Hoard, Mischief Barren, Span Watch Jack Jill Buck Jack Doe Molly Male Bull Female Cow

Pup Infant Calf Nymph Pinkie, Pup, Kitten Foal Chick Joey Chick Whelp Owlet Calf Spat Chick Chick Chick Chick Chick Piglet, Suckling

Pigeon Polar Bear Porcupine Prairie Dog Puppies Quail Rabbit Raccoon Rat Raven Rhinoceros Seal Shark Sheep Skunk Snake Sparrow Squirrel Storks Swallow Swan Swine Tiger Toad Trout Turkey Turtle Viper Walrus Whale Wild Boar Wolf Woodpeckers Zebra

Flock/Kit Pack Prickle Coterie Litter Bevy, Covey Nest, Warren Nursery Hoard, Mischief, Pack Conspiracy, Unkindness Crash Pod, Colony School, Shiver Flock Surfeit Bed, Nest, Pit Host, Flight Scurry, Dray Mustering Flight Bevy, Wedge, Team Sounder Ambush, Streak Knot Hover Rafter, Flock, Gang Bale Nest Pod, Herd Pod Sounder Pack Descent Herd, Crossing, Zeal Stallion Mare Bull Bull Boar Dog Cow Cow Sow Bitch Tom Boar Tiger Sow Tigress Cock Buck Hen Doe Ram Ewe Bull Bull Cow Cow Buck Boar Buck Doe Sow Doe Boar Boar Boar Sow Sow Sow

Squab Cub Pup Pup

Chick Bunny, Kit Cub Pinkie, Pup, Kitten Chick Calf Pup Pup Lamb, Lambkin Kit Snakelet Chick Pup, Kitten Chick Chick Cygnet Piglet, Garrow Cub Tadpole Fry, Fingerling Poult Hatchling Snakelet Pup Calf Boarlet Pup, Whelp

Foal

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Animal Alligator Male bull Female cow Baby hatchling Group of Animals congregatio n, pod (of young)

Alpaca

male

female

cria

herd

Antelope

buck

doe

calf

herd

Ape

male

female

baby

shrewdness

Armadillo Animal Badger

male Male boar

female Female sow

pup Baby kit, cub

Group of Animals cete

Bat

male

female

pup

colony

Bear

boar

sow

cub

sleuth, sloth

Beaver

pup, kitten

colony

Animal

Male

Female queen, worker

Bee

drone

Bird

cock

hen

Group of Animals hive, swarm (in flight), larva bike, drift, grist dissimulatio n (small birds only), hatchling, fleet, flight, chick flock, parcel, pod, volery Baby calf piglet, shoat, farrow Baby gang, herd, obstinacy singular, sounder

Bison, Buffalo

bull

cow

Boar Animal

boar Male

sow Female

Butterfly

male

female

Group of Animals swarm, caterpillar, rabble larva, pupa, (group of chrysalis caterpillars is an army)

Camel

bull

cow

calf

flock

Cat

tomcat

queen

kitten

clutter, clowder, litter (young born to one female), kindle (kittens)

Cattle Animal

bull Male

cow Female

calf, dogie (a drift, drove, motherless herd, mob calf) Baby Group of

Animals

Cheetah

male

female

cub

coalition

Chicken

rooster

hen

flock, brood chick, pullet (of hens), (young hen), clutch (of cockrell chicks), (young peep (of rooster) chicks) larva nymph Baby codling, hake, sprag, sprat pup, whelp bed intrusion Group of Animals school

Clam Animal Codfish Cockroach

Male -

Female -

Coyote

dog

bitch

pack, rout

Crane

chick

herd, sedge, siege

Crow

cock

hen

chick

murder, muster Group of Animals

Animal

Male

Female

Baby

Deer

buck, stag

doe

fawn

herd, mob

Dinosaur

bull

cow

herd (of planthatchling, eaters), pack juvenile (of meateaters) litter (pups from one mother), pack (wild), kennel herd, pod, school Group of Animals drove, herd dole, flight, piteousness badelynge, brace, bunch, flock, paddling, raft, team

Dog

dog

bitch

pup

Dolphin Animal Donkey

bull Male jack, jackass cock

cow Female jennet, jenny hen

pup, calf Baby colt, foal

Dove

squab, chick

Duck

drake

duck

duckling

Eagle

fledgling, aerie, eaglet convocation Baby leptocephalu s (larva), elver (juvenile) calf calf Group of Animals swarm

Animal

Male

Female

Eel

Elephant Elk

bull bull

cow cow

herd, parade herd, gang

Emu

chick, hatchling tercel, terzel

mob

Falcon

falcon

chick

cast

Ferret Animal Fish Finch Fly

hob Male cock reynard , dog, dog fox, or tod Male

jill Female hen -

kit Baby fry, fingerling chick maggot

business, fesynes Group of Animals draft, run, school, shoal charm cloud, swarm

Fox

vixen

kit, cub, pup skulk, leash

Animal

Female

Baby tadpole, polliwog, froglet pup

Group of Animals army, knot

Frog

Gerbil

buck

doe

horde herd, corps, tower, group cloud, horde herd Group of Animals herd, tribe, trip

Giraffe Gnat Gnu Animal Goat

bull male bull Male

doe female cow Female

calf larva calf Baby kid, billy

buck, doe, nanny billy

Goose

gander

goose

gosling

flock, gaggle, skein (only while in flight), wedge (flying in a "V" formation) band

Gorilla

male

female

infant

Grasshopper male

female

nymph

swarm Group of Animals covey group

Animal Grouse Guinea pig

Male

Female

Baby

boar

sow

pup

Gull

cock

hen

chick

colony

Hamster Hare Animal

buck buck Male

doe doe Female

pup leveret Baby

horde down, husk, warren Group of Animals aerie, cast, kettle

Hawk

tiercel

hen

eyas

Hedgehog

boar

sow

piglet, pup

array

Heron

cock

hen

chick

sedge, siege

Hippopotam us Animal Hornet

bull Male male

cow Female female

calf Baby larva

herd, bloat Group of Animals nest

Hog

Horse

drove, herd, litter (a shoat, group of boar sow farrow young born to one mother) stable, harras, herd, team foal, colt stallion (working mare, dam (male), filly , stud horses), (female) string or field (race horses) dog bitch pup cry, mute, pack

Hound

Animal

Male

Female

Human

man

woman

Group of Animals clan (related), crowd, family baby, infant, (closely toddler related), community, gang, mob, tribe, etc. Baby chick cub chick Baby charm clan, cackle band, party Group of Animals

Hummingbir cock d Hyena Jay Animal male cock Male

hen female hen Female

Jellyfish

ephyna joey

smack troop, herd, mob n/a exaltation leap, prowl (some say it should be a spot of leopards) Group of Animals

buck, doe, flyer, Kangaroo boomer jill, roo , jack Koala Lark male cock female hen

joey chick

Leopard

leopard leopardess

cub

Animal

Male

Female

Baby

Lion

lion

lioness

cub

pride

Llama Locust

female

cria nymph

herd host, swarm colony, infestation, lice tiding, tribe, charm, gulp, flock, murder flush, sord Group of Animals richness

Louse (plural male lice)

Magpie

cock

hen

chick

Mallard Animal Marten

drake Male

duck Female

duckling Baby

Mole

male

female

pup

labor

Monkey

male

female

infant

troop, cartload

Moose

bull

cow

calf lnymph, wriggler, tumbler pup, pinkie, kitten foal Baby

herd

Mosquito Mouse Animal Mule

male buck jack Male

female doe hinney Female

swarm horde, mischief barren, pack, span, Group of Animals

Nightingale

cock

hen

chick

watch

Opossum Ostrich Otter Animal Owl

jack cock male Male -

jill hen female Female -

joey chick whelp, pup Baby owlet, fledgling

flock family, raft, romp Group of Animals parliament

Ox

steer, bull

cow

stot, calf

drove, herd, yoke

Oyster

spat

bed

Panda

boar

sow

cub

Animal

Male

Female

Baby

Group of Animals company, flock muster, ostentation

Parrot

cock

hen

chick

Peafowl

peacoc k

peahen

peachick

Penguin

male

female

chick

rookery

Pheasant

cock

hen

chick

Animal

Male

Female

Baby piglet, shoat, farrow squab, squeaker

Pig

boar

sow

brood (a family), nye (a large group) Group of Animals drove, herd, litter (of pups), sounder flock, kit

Pigeon

cock

hen

Platypus Porpoise Animal

bull Male

cow Female

puggle calf Baby

herd, pod, school Group of Animals coterie, town

Prairie dog

boar

sow

pup

Pronghorn

buck

doe

fawn

herd

Quail

cock

hen

chick

bevy, covey, drift

Rabbit

buck

doe

Animal Raccoon Rat Raven

Male boar buck -

Female sow doe -

colony, kitten, drove, leash, bunny, kit nest, trace, warren Group of Baby Animals cub pup, pinkie, kitten nursery, gaze horde, mischief congress, unkindness herd

Reindeer

bull

cow

calf

Rhinoceros Animal

bull Male

cow Female

calf Baby larva, pluteus (freeswimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) pup larva, pluteus (freeswimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) larva, pluteus (freeswimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)

crash Group of Animals

Sand Dollar

male

female

Seal

bull

cow

herd, pod, rookery, harem

Seastar

male

female

Sea Urchin

male

female

Serval

male

female

kitten

Shark Sheep Animal

bull buck, ram Male

female ewe, dam Female

pup lamb, lambkin, cosset Baby

school, shiver drift, drove, flock,herd, mob, trip Group of Animals

Skunk

kit

surfeit

Snake

male

female

snipe sparrow Spider

male

female

Snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake), bed, nest, hatchling (a pit newlyhatched snake) wisp host spiderling pup, kit, kitten -

Squirrel Swallow

buck -

doe -

dray

Swan

cob

pen

Animal

Male

Female

Termite

male

female

Tiger

tiger

tigress

flight bevy, game, herd, team, cygnet, wedge flapper (flying in a "V" formation) Group of Baby Animals swarm (while larva flying), colony ambush, cub, whelp streak tadpole fingerling knot hoover

Toad Trout

male

female

Turkey

tom

hen

poult

rafter

Animal Turtle

Male male

Female female

Baby hatchling

Group of Animals bale

Wallaby

jack

jill

joey

mob

Walrus

bull

cow

cub, pup

herd, pod

Wasp

queen (reproducin g female), drone worker (nonreproducin g female) Male Female

larva

colony

Animal

Baby

Group of Animals gang gam, grind, herd, pod, school

Weasel

dog, buck, bitch, doe, Jack, Jill hob bull cow

kit

Whale

calf

Wolf

dog

bitch

pup, whelp

pack, rout

Wombat Animal

jack Male

jill Female

joey Baby

mob Group of Animals

Woodpecker male

female

chick

descent

Wren Yak

cock bull

jenny cow

chick calf

flock, herd herd

Yellow Jacket

queen (egglaying female), drone worker (nonreproducin g female) stallion Male mare Female

larva

colony

Zebra Animal

colt, foal Baby

herd, crossing Group of Animals