While reading my "bathroom book" of Canadian facts, I came across an interesting passage on the different names for groups of birds. Interestingly enough, a flock of seagulls was not mentioned. My favourite is the name for ravens. It's funny what you can learn while sitting on the toilet.
a bevy of quail
a bouquet of pheasants
a brood of hens
a cast of hawks [or falcons]
a charm of finches
a colony of penguins
a company of parrots
a covey of partridges [or grouse]
a descent of woodpeckers
a dole of doves
an exaltation of larks
a flight of swallows
a gaggle of geese [or skein, in flight]
a host of sparrows
a kettle of hawks
a murmuration of starlings
a murder of crows
a muster of storks
an ostentation of peacocks
a parliament of owls
a party of jays
a peep of chickens
a raft of ducks
a rafter of turkeys
a siege of herons
a sord of mallards
an unkindness of ravens
a watch of nightingales
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