Animal group names: From a congregation of alligators to a dazzle of zebras

Most people know that a group of dogs is called a pack. But did you know that a gathering of flamingos is a flamboyance or that a group of owls is a parliament? Collective nouns for animals can be quirky, and we picked a few of our favorites.

• Alligators: congregation
• Ants: colony
• Baboons: troop
• Butterflies: kaleidoscope, flutter
• Camels: caravan
• Cats: clowder
• Caterpillars: army
• Cobras: quiver
• Crows: murder
• Dogs: pack
• Donkeys: drove
• Eagles: convocation, soar
• Elephants: parade, herd
• Emus: mob
• Ferrets: business
• Fish: school
• Flamingos: flamboyance, stand
• Foxes: skulk, leash
• Geese: gaggle, flock
• Giraffes: tower
• Gnats: cloud, horde
• Goldfinches: charm
• Hawks: cast, kettle
• Hippopotamuses: bloat, thunder
• Horses: team, herd
• Hummingbirds: charm
• Hyenas: cackle
• Kangaroos: mob
• Lemurs: conspiracy
• Mice: mischief
• Opossum: passel
• Otters: romp, raft
• Owls: parliament
• Peacocks: ostentation
• Penguins: colony
• Porcupines: prickle
• Raccoons: gaze
• Rattlesnakes: den, pit
• Ravens: unkindness, conspiracy
• Skunks: stench
• Sloths: bed
• Squirrels: scurry
• Stingrays: fever
• Swans: bevy
• Tigers: ambush, streak
• Zebras: dazzle, zeal