What is a group of pigeons called?

Pigeon. A flock or flight of pigeons.
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What's a flock of pigeons called?

pigeons - a loft of pigeons.
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What is a group of doves called?

Doves: bevy, cote, flight, dule.
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What is a kit of pigeons?

Kits (group of pigeons) are scored for quality and depth, as well as the number of birds that roll at the same time, referred to as a turn or break. The Birmingham Roller is a very popular breed of performing pigeon, with around 10,000 breeders worldwide.
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What is a flock of seagulls called?

The most common collective nouns for groups of seagulls are a colony, flock and scavenging of seagulls. The term colony is used for many sea-faring birds and describes how gulls and other seabirds colonise cliffs, islands and other coastal areas.
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What is a bunch of owls called?

“Did you know that a group of owls is called a 'parliament'?” “Did you know that a group of jellyfish is called a 'smack'?” “Did you know that a group of Indonesian mountain weasels is called a 'bubble gum'?”
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What is a group of crows called?

A group of crows is called a “murder.” There are several different explanations for the origin of this term, mostly based on old folk tales and superstitions. For instance, there is a folktale that crows will gather and decide the capital fate of another crow.
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What is a group of Robins called?

A 'ROUND' of Robins. Even though Robins are notoriously anti-social, they do occasionally come together, as they did in a BTO Garden BirdWatch Garden this winter, prompting the search for a collective noun for Britain's national bird.
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What is a group of flamingos called?

The collective noun to describe a gathering of flamingos is “flamboyance,” an appropriate term for these colorfully-feathered creatures. They flock together by the thousands on salt flats, lagoons, lakes, and swamps around the world, where they can filter-feed for shrimp, algae, and insects.
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What's a group of ravens called?

A group of ravens is called an "unkindness" or "conspiracy," which seems fitting, since ravens are traditionally considered creepy; in fact, seeing many of them in one place can induce Hitchcockian "The Birds"-like flashbacks in even the least ornithophobic (those people with a fear of birds).
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What is a group of turkeys called?

A group of turkeys is called a rafter or a flock. A wild turkey's gobble can be heard up to one mile away and is a primary means for a tom to communicate with his harem of hens.
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What is a group of peacocks called?

But technically, only males are peacocks. Females are peahens and together, they are called peafowl. 2. What about a party of peacocks? A group of peacocks is known as a muster.
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What is a group of snakes called?

A group is called a snake den or pit. When someone refers to a snake den, the word den is being used as a collective noun. The collective noun highlights the fact that there's more than one snake in the group. Along with den and pit, a person may use another collective noun like a snake knot or even a snake bed.
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What is a group of goats called?

Group of goats or sheep is called Herd.
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What is the collective name for a group of magpies?

There are many collective nouns for groups of magpies, but perhaps the most common are a mischief, conventicle, congregation, charm and tribe of magpies. Like crows, magpies are sometimes referred to as a murder, and like owls, they're sometimes referred to as a parliament.
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What is a group of giraffes called?

Take giraffe for example: “a tower” is their collective noun, and we can't think of a better way to describe a group of these gangly giants, towering as they do above all but the tallest trees around them. A group of giraffe are called a 'tower', which is a great example of collective nouns at their descriptive best.
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What is a group of ostriches called?

An ostrich group, called a herd, numbers about 12 individuals. Male ostriches compete for control of a group of several females. A herd has a dominant male and a dominant female.
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What is a group of vultures called?

When you see a flock of vultures in flight, you're witnessing a kettle of vultures. When you see vultures at rest in a tree or on a fence post, that's a committee of vultures. And since vultures feed mainly on dead animals, when you see a group feeding, you're in the presence of a wake of vultures.
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What is a flock of hummingbirds called?

A flock of hummingbirds can be referred to as a bouquet, a glittering, a hover, a shimmer, or a tune. 10. There are over 330 species of hummingbirds in North and South America.
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What is a group of blackbirds called?

A wintertime flock may include redwing blackbirds, grackles, starlings, cowbirds, and sometimes, even robins.
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What is a group of woodpeckers called?

A group of Woodpeckers hanging together is known as a “descent.” This makes sense because most Woodpeckers start at the top of trees and then continue to work their way down. If you see a group of Wrens together, then you are witnessing a “herd” or “chime” of Wrens.
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What is a group of dogs called?

When animals get together in a group, we have a specific name for the group. For example, you probably know a group of dogs is a pack.
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What is a group of ladybugs called?

As it turns out, the official collective noun for ladybugs is a “loveliness.” Imagine. A loveliness of ladybugs. You know, like a herd of cattle, a pack of wolves, a flock of pigeons.
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What is a group of hedgehogs called?

A group of hedgehogs is called an 'array'. 10. Hedgehogs haven't always been called hedgehogs, a long time ago they were called 'urchins'. 11. They have between 5000-7000 spines on their back which raise and lower if they feel threatened.
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What is a group of sharks?

A Shiver of Sharks

One of our favourite collective nouns on the list is the name for a group of sharks – a 'shiver'.
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