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Monday 31 August 2009

What does a bevy, bouquet, charm relate to?

These are generic terms for specific birds groups. What about: A bevy of quail, A bouquet of pheasants, A charm of finches. Have a look here.

    * A band of blue jays
    * A bevy of quail
    * A bouquet of pheasants
    * A cast of hawks
    * A cauldron of hawks (when rising together on a thermal updraft)
    * A charm of finches
    * A colony of penguins (also used for many other sea birds that group together when nesting, such as a colony of terns)
    * A company of parrots
    * A congregation of plovers
    * A congress of ravens
    * A convocation of eagles
    * A covey of grouse
    * A covey of quail
    * A deceit of lapwings
    * A descent of woodpeckers
    * An exaltation of larks
    * A fall of woodcocks
    * A flight of swallows
    * A flight of pigeons
    * A flight of cormorants
    * A gaggle of geese
    * A kettle of hawks (when rising together on a thermal updraft)
    * A murder of crows
    * A muster of storks
    * An ostentation of peacocks
    * A parliament of owls
    * A raft of ducks
    * A rafter of turkeys
    * A siege of heron
    * A skein of geese (when flying)
    * A sord of mallard ducks
    * A tidings of magpies
    * An unkindness of ravens
    * A watch of nightingales
    * A wedge of geese (when flying in V formation)
    * A whiteness of swans (Would it be a blackness of black swans?)
    * A wisp of snipe
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Keywords used:
Birds, group names,