Animal collective nouns 2026-2027

Animal collective nouns

Collective nouns (multitudes) for a random animal each day. For example, a murder of crows or a parliament of owls.

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Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
28	29	30	1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18 a rush of dunbirds
19 a school of mackerel	20 a down of hares	21 a volary of bullfinches	22 a bank of komodo dragons	23 a prickle of porcupines	24 a herd of boars	25 a cluster of knots
26 a scourge of mosquitoes	27 a creche of penguins	28 a herd of seahorses	29 a gulp of magpies	30 a population of koalas	31 a colony of beavers	1 a stench of skunks

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
26 a scourge of mosquitoes	27 a creche of penguins	28 a herd of seahorses	29 a gulp of magpies	30 a population of koalas	31 a colony of beavers	1 a stench of skunks
2 a dopping of shelducks	3 an armada of newts	4 a pod of whiting	5 a murmuration of starlings	6 a party of rainbow fish	7 a chine of polecats	8 a trip of dotterels
9 a soar of falcons	10 a wilderness of monkeys	11 a poverty of pipers	12 a galaxy of starfish	13 a pride of ostriches	14 a gang of bison	15 a pack of coyotes
16 a plague of insects	17 a plump of waterfowl	18 a maul of bears	19 a herd of gnus	20 a flight of plovers	21 a hover of kestrels	22 a train of camels
23 a gang of elk	24 a troup of tuna	25 a sute of bloodhounds	26 a leap of leopards	27 a family of beavers	28 a harem of peahens	29 a clipping of geldings
30 a curfew of curlews	31 a snarl of leopards	1 a raft of sea otters	2 a blessing of unicorns	3 a stretch of giraffes	4 a brood of hens	5 a sedge of cranes

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
30 a curfew of curlews	31 a snarl of leopards	1 a raft of sea otters	2 a blessing of unicorns	3 a stretch of giraffes	4 a brood of hens	5 a sedge of cranes
6 a drove of swine	7 a wisdom of wombats	8 a fondness of stag beetles	9 a rout of snails	10 a confusion of guineafowls	11 a troop of chimpanzees	12 a sute of bloodhounds
13 an armoury of aardvarks	14 a cast of crabs	15 a colony of lice	16 a drove of shrews	17 a sute of bloodhounds	18 a prickle of hedgehogs	19 a herd of springbok
20 a harem of peahens	21 a parcel of hind	22 a zoo of animals	23 a swatting of flycatchers	24 a herd of gaur	25 a psittacosis of parrots	26 a colony of termites
27 a cast of crabs	28 a span of mules	29 a clatter of budgerigars	30 a gallop of greyhounds	1 a clutter of spiders	2 a roundup of squid	3 a parliament of ptarmigans

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
27 a cast of crabs	28 a span of mules	29 a clatter of budgerigars	30 a gallop of greyhounds	1 a clutter of spiders	2 a roundup of squid	3 a parliament of ptarmigans
4 a risk of lobsters	5 a bed of scorpions	6 a bend of willows	7 a herd of cows	8 a population of koalas	9 a grind of blackfish	10 a pack of weasels
11 a knob of quails	12 a cluster of antelopes	13 a galaxy of starfish	14 a cackle of hyenas	15 a hanger of bats	16 an ostentation of peacocks	17 a consortium of crabs
18 a bed of mussels	19 a screech of gulls	20 a clipping of geldings	21 a grumble of pugs	22 a lodge of beavers	23 a pack of perch	24 a spread of sticklebacks
25 a barn of animals	26 a litter of puppies	27 a circlage of house martins	28 a conflagration of fireflies	29 a knob of pintails	30 a pack of jackals	31 a crunch of cockroaches

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
25 a barn of animals	26 a litter of puppies	27 a circlage of house martins	28 a conflagration of fireflies	29 a knob of pintails	30 a pack of jackals	31 a crunch of cockroaches
1 a troubling of goldfish	2 a grind of bottle-nosed whales	3 a race of shrews	4 a phlegm of slugs	5 a colony of voles	6 a harem of peahens	7 a bevy of roes
8 a pack of wild dogs	9 a school of mackerel	10 a rookery of albatross	11 a lap of cod	12 a clutch of oysters	13 a quantity of smelts	14 a brood of hens
15 a flight of storks	16 a kettle of swallows	17 a stud of mares	18 a cackle of hyenas	19 a nest of hornets	20 a drove of swine	21 a shoal of mackerel
22 a shoal of butterflyfish	23 an army of frogs	24 a parcel of linnets	25 a wisdom of wombats	26 a roundup of squid	27 a dule of turkeys	28 a circus of keas
29 a drove of bullocks	30 a squadron of manta rays	1 an array of hedgehogs	2 a clipping of geldings	3 a flock of llamas	4 a curiosity of mongooses	5 a brood of chicks

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
29 a drove of bullocks	30 a squadron of manta rays	1 an array of hedgehogs	2 a clipping of geldings	3 a flock of llamas	4 a curiosity of mongooses	5 a brood of chicks
6 a plague of insects	7 a shoal of shad	8 a herd of guinea pigs	9 a bevy of quails	10 a fall of lambs	11 a herd of kouprey	12 a grind of blackfish
13 a bevy of roe deer	14 a nest of hornets	15 a zoo of animals	16 a wake of buzzards	17 a commotion of coots	18 a herd of ibises	19 a pack of gulls
20 a covey of ptarmigans	21 a singular of boars	22 a parcel of hogs	23 a herd of curlews	24 a volary of bullfinches	25 a weight of albatross	26 a fleet of ducklings
27 a troop of bison	28 a cackle of hyenas	29 a fever of stingrays	30 a geesef of lock	31 a dropping of sheldrakes	1 a scuttle of crabs	2 a coalition of cheetahs

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
27 a troop of bison	28 a cackle of hyenas	29 a fever of stingrays	30 a geesef of lock	31 a dropping of sheldrakes	1 a scuttle of crabs	2 a coalition of cheetahs
3 a loft of pigeons	4 a herd of curlews	5 a confusion of guineafowls	6 a clutter of starlings	7 a colony of seagulls	8 a grind of blackfish	9 a durante of toucans
10 a school of sharks	11 a bite of midges	12 a conflagration of fireflies	13 a wobble of ostriches	14 a sute of bloodhounds	15 a wisp of snipe	16 a shoal of herrings
17 a flock of bustards	18 a cell of eels	19 a gang of bison	20 a safe of ducks	21 a company of angelfish	22 a pod of coots	23 an extinction of dodos
24 a herd of springbok	25 a dopping of goosanders	26 a covey of turtledoves	27 a fling of goldfish	28 a cluster of spiders	29 a swarm of krill	30 a gang of weasles
31 a culture of bacteria	1 a flotilla of swordfish	2 a colony of rabbits	3 a flock of moorhens	4 a pitying of turtle doves	5 a turn of turtles	6 a chain of bobolinks

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
31 a culture of bacteria	1 a flotilla of swordfish	2 a colony of rabbits	3 a flock of moorhens	4 a pitying of turtle doves	5 a turn of turtles	6 a chain of bobolinks
7 an exactness of mockingbirds	8 a colony of ticks	9 a pomp of pekingese	10 a dopping of shelducks	11 a consortium of crabs	12 a parcel of linnets	13 a drove of shrews
14 a band of salamanders	15 a bevy of doe	16 a team of mules	17 a flight of albatross	18 a flight of dragons	19 a flight of dragons	20 a leash of hounds
21 a party of dolphin	22 a group of chimpanzees	23 a terror of terriers	24 a truelove of turtle doves	25 a troup of tuna	26 a glean of herring	27 a colony of rabbits
28 a lounge of lizards	1 a celebration of polar bears	2 a zoo of animals	3 a shoal of butterflyfish	4 a musket of lyrebirds	5 a shoal of shad	6 a sute of bloodhounds

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
28 a lounge of lizards	1 a celebration of polar bears	2 a zoo of animals	3 a shoal of butterflyfish	4 a musket of lyrebirds	5 a shoal of shad	6 a sute of bloodhounds
7 a company of parrots	8 a group of sea stars	9 a culture of bacteria	10 a circus of keas	11 a school of trout	12 a wake of bustards	13 a sum of adders
14 a flock of pigs	15 a nest of scorpions	16 a bevy of roe deer	17 a pace of donkeys	18 a watch of nightingales	19 a passel of pigs	20 a clan of hyenas
21 a herd of gaur	22 an army of caterpillars	23 a darkening of jackdaws	24 a flock of moorhens	25 a committee of terns	26 an exaltation of skylarks	27 a box of frogs
28 a leash of gulls	29 a shoal of porpoises	30 a congress of ravens	31 a poverty of pipers	1 a gang of bison	2 a fleet of bass	3 a harvest of mice

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
28 a leash of gulls	29 a shoal of porpoises	30 a congress of ravens	31 a poverty of pipers	1 a gang of bison	2 a fleet of bass	3 a harvest of mice
4 a salon of poodles	5 a murmuration of tits	6 a mob of wallabies	7 a spread of sticklebacks	8 a dopping of goosanders	9 a pack of weasels	10 a booby of nuthatches
11 a busyness of ferrets	12 a labour of moles	13 a bunch of teals	14 a company of moles	15 a plagiary of mockingbirds	16 a sloth of bears	17 a bevy of roe deer
18 a herd of cows	19 a crawl of tortoises	20 a bank of komodo dragons	21 a flotilla of swordfish	22 a conflagration of fireflies	23 a fluther of bluebottles	24 an exultation of skylarks
25 a shiver of sharks	26 a company of angelfish	27 a shoal of pilchards	28 a pot of water buffalo	29 a buffoonery of orangutans	30 a clutch of chicks	1 a stretch of giraffes

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
25 a shiver of sharks	26 a company of angelfish	27 a shoal of pilchards	28 a pot of water buffalo	29 a buffoonery of orangutans	30 a clutch of chicks	1 a stretch of giraffes
2 a trip of dotterels	3 a meet of hounds	4 a trip of widgeons	5 a congregation of egrets	6 a drove of donkeys	7 a tickle of feathers	8 a horde of rats
9 a pack of dinosaurs	10 an exaltation of skylarks	11 a herd of cranes	12 a clew of worms	13 a colony of avocets	14 a litter of piglets	15 a cowardice of curs
16 a herd of hares	17 a galaxy of starfish	18 a committee of terns	19 a circlage of house martins	20 a clutter of spiders	21 a passel of hogs	22 a covey of turtledoves
23 a flotilla of swordfish	24 a dropping of sheldrakes	25 a pitying of turtledoves	26 a drove of donkeys	27 a phantasmagoria of coloured feathers	28 a swarm of mosquitoes	29 a cloud of gnats
30 an audience of squid	31 a shoal of shad	1 a salon of poodles	2 a pretence of bitterns	3 a setting of eggs	4 a harem of peahens	5 a covey of turtledoves

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
30 an audience of squid	31 a shoal of shad	1 a salon of poodles	2 a pretence of bitterns	3 a setting of eggs	4 a harem of peahens	5 a covey of turtledoves
6 a nursery of raccoons	7 a drove of bullocks	8 a group of sea stars	9 a trip of swine	10 a pair of lovebirds	11 a pack of perch	12 a congress of lemurs
13 a rainbow of butterflies	14 a turn of turtles	15 a wriggle of worms	16 a flock of chickens	17 an eclipse of moths	18 a chain of bobolinks	19 a toil of pheasants
20 a nest of ants	21 a raft of waterfowl	22 a herd of caribou	23 a herd of tapirs	24 a drift of pigs	25 a rookery of pelicans	26 a stretch of giraffes
27 a cloud of locusts	28 a battery of rams	29 a colony of auks	30 a school of pilchards	1 a congress of baboons	2 a deceit of lapwings	3 a shimmer of hummingbirds

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
27 a cloud of locusts	28 a battery of rams	29 a colony of auks	30 a school of pilchards	1 a congress of baboons	2 a deceit of lapwings	3 a shimmer of hummingbirds
4 a hover of trout	5 a concentration of kingfishers	6 a tower of giraffes	7 a desert of lapwings	8 a phantasmagoria of coloured feathers	9 a mews of capons	10 a glean of herrings
11 a pack of gulls	12 a consortium of octopuses	13 a drift of hogs	14 a quiver of cobras	15 a clutter of cats	16 a company of angelfish	17 a contradiction of sandpipers
18 a flock of lice	19 a cackle of hyenas	20 a meinie of sparrows	21 an eclipse of moths	22 a herd of elephants	23 a paddle of platypus	24 a ménage of mongrels
25 an exaltation of larks	26 a grumble of pugs	27 a parade of echidnas	28 a murmuration of starlings	29 a gang of buffalo	30 a flock of walruse	31 a flush of quails

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
25 an exaltation of larks	26 a grumble of pugs	27 a parade of echidnas	28 a murmuration of starlings	29 a gang of buffalo	30 a flock of walruse	31 a flush of quails
1 a crowd of redwing	2 a bundle of frogs	3 a blessing of unicorns	4 a herd of reindeer	5 a fever of stingrays	6 an echo of mockingbirds	7 an army of caterpillars
8 a herd of impalas	9 a walk of snails	10 a banditry of titmice	11 a den of vipers	12 a cornucopia of slugs	13 a swarm of krill	14 a volary of bullfinches
15 an obstinancy of bison	16 a lump of toads	17 a consort of corgis	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31	1	2	3	4

Date	Day of week	Event
8/17/26	Monday	a plump of waterfowl
8/18/26	Tuesday	a maul of bears
8/19/26	Wednesday	a herd of gnus
8/20/26	Thursday	a flight of plovers
8/21/26	Friday	a hover of kestrels
8/22/26	Saturday	a train of camels
8/23/26	Sunday	a gang of elk
8/24/26	Monday	a troup of tuna
8/25/26	Tuesday	a sute of bloodhounds
8/26/26	Wednesday	a leap of leopards
8/27/26	Thursday	a family of beavers
8/28/26	Friday	a harem of peahens
8/29/26	Saturday	a clipping of geldings
8/30/26	Sunday	a curfew of curlews
8/31/26	Monday	a snarl of leopards
9/1/26	Tuesday	a raft of sea otters
9/2/26	Wednesday	a blessing of unicorns
9/3/26	Thursday	a stretch of giraffes
9/4/26	Friday	a brood of hens
9/5/26	Saturday	a sedge of cranes
9/6/26	Sunday	a drove of swine
9/7/26	Monday	a wisdom of wombats
9/8/26	Tuesday	a fondness of stag beetles
9/9/26	Wednesday	a rout of snails
9/10/26	Thursday	a confusion of guineafowls
9/11/26	Friday	a troop of chimpanzees
9/12/26	Saturday	a sute of bloodhounds
9/13/26	Sunday	an armoury of aardvarks
9/14/26	Monday	a cast of crabs
9/15/26	Tuesday	a colony of lice
9/16/26	Wednesday	a drove of shrews
9/17/26	Thursday	a sute of bloodhounds
9/18/26	Friday	a prickle of hedgehogs
9/19/26	Saturday	a herd of springbok
9/20/26	Sunday	a harem of peahens
9/21/26	Monday	a parcel of hind
9/22/26	Tuesday	a zoo of animals
9/23/26	Wednesday	a swatting of flycatchers
9/24/26	Thursday	a herd of gaur
9/25/26	Friday	a psittacosis of parrots
9/26/26	Saturday	a colony of termites
9/27/26	Sunday	a cast of crabs
9/28/26	Monday	a span of mules
9/29/26	Tuesday	a clatter of budgerigars
9/30/26	Wednesday	a gallop of greyhounds
10/1/26	Thursday	a clutter of spiders
10/2/26	Friday	a roundup of squid
10/3/26	Saturday	a parliament of ptarmigans
10/4/26	Sunday	a risk of lobsters
10/5/26	Monday	a bed of scorpions
10/6/26	Tuesday	a bend of willows
10/7/26	Wednesday	a herd of cows
10/8/26	Thursday	a population of koalas
10/9/26	Friday	a grind of blackfish
10/10/26	Saturday	a pack of weasels
10/11/26	Sunday	a knob of quails
10/12/26	Monday	a cluster of antelopes
10/13/26	Tuesday	a galaxy of starfish
10/14/26	Wednesday	a cackle of hyenas
10/15/26	Thursday	a hanger of bats
10/16/26	Friday	an ostentation of peacocks
10/17/26	Saturday	a consortium of crabs
10/18/26	Sunday	a bed of mussels
10/19/26	Monday	a screech of gulls
10/20/26	Tuesday	a clipping of geldings
10/21/26	Wednesday	a grumble of pugs
10/22/26	Thursday	a lodge of beavers
10/23/26	Friday	a pack of perch
10/24/26	Saturday	a spread of sticklebacks
10/25/26	Sunday	a barn of animals
10/26/26	Monday	a litter of puppies
10/27/26	Tuesday	a circlage of house martins
10/28/26	Wednesday	a conflagration of fireflies
10/29/26	Thursday	a knob of pintails
10/30/26	Friday	a pack of jackals
10/31/26	Saturday	a crunch of cockroaches
11/1/26	Sunday	a troubling of goldfish
11/2/26	Monday	a grind of bottle-nosed whales
11/3/26	Tuesday	a race of shrews
11/4/26	Wednesday	a phlegm of slugs
11/5/26	Thursday	a colony of voles
11/6/26	Friday	a harem of peahens
11/7/26	Saturday	a bevy of roes
11/8/26	Sunday	a pack of wild dogs
11/9/26	Monday	a school of mackerel
11/10/26	Tuesday	a rookery of albatross
11/11/26	Wednesday	a lap of cod
11/12/26	Thursday	a clutch of oysters
11/13/26	Friday	a quantity of smelts
11/14/26	Saturday	a brood of hens
11/15/26	Sunday	a flight of storks
11/16/26	Monday	a kettle of swallows
11/17/26	Tuesday	a stud of mares
11/18/26	Wednesday	a cackle of hyenas
11/19/26	Thursday	a nest of hornets
11/20/26	Friday	a drove of swine
11/21/26	Saturday	a shoal of mackerel
11/22/26	Sunday	a shoal of butterflyfish
11/23/26	Monday	an army of frogs
11/24/26	Tuesday	a parcel of linnets
11/25/26	Wednesday	a wisdom of wombats
11/26/26	Thursday	a roundup of squid
11/27/26	Friday	a dule of turkeys
11/28/26	Saturday	a circus of keas
11/29/26	Sunday	a drove of bullocks
11/30/26	Monday	a squadron of manta rays
12/1/26	Tuesday	an array of hedgehogs
12/2/26	Wednesday	a clipping of geldings
12/3/26	Thursday	a flock of llamas
12/4/26	Friday	a curiosity of mongooses
12/5/26	Saturday	a brood of chicks
12/6/26	Sunday	a plague of insects
12/7/26	Monday	a shoal of shad
12/8/26	Tuesday	a herd of guinea pigs
12/9/26	Wednesday	a bevy of quails
12/10/26	Thursday	a fall of lambs
12/11/26	Friday	a herd of kouprey
12/12/26	Saturday	a grind of blackfish
12/13/26	Sunday	a bevy of roe deer
12/14/26	Monday	a nest of hornets
12/15/26	Tuesday	a zoo of animals
12/16/26	Wednesday	a wake of buzzards
12/17/26	Thursday	a commotion of coots
12/18/26	Friday	a herd of ibises
12/19/26	Saturday	a pack of gulls
12/20/26	Sunday	a covey of ptarmigans
12/21/26	Monday	a singular of boars
12/22/26	Tuesday	a parcel of hogs
12/23/26	Wednesday	a herd of curlews
12/24/26	Thursday	a volary of bullfinches
12/25/26	Friday	a weight of albatross
12/26/26	Saturday	a fleet of ducklings
12/27/26	Sunday	a troop of bison
12/28/26	Monday	a cackle of hyenas
12/29/26	Tuesday	a fever of stingrays
12/30/26	Wednesday	a geesef of lock
12/31/26	Thursday	a dropping of sheldrakes
1/1/27	Friday	a scuttle of crabs
1/2/27	Saturday	a coalition of cheetahs
1/3/27	Sunday	a loft of pigeons
1/4/27	Monday	a herd of curlews
1/5/27	Tuesday	a confusion of guineafowls
1/6/27	Wednesday	a clutter of starlings
1/7/27	Thursday	a colony of seagulls
1/8/27	Friday	a grind of blackfish
1/9/27	Saturday	a durante of toucans
1/10/27	Sunday	a school of sharks
1/11/27	Monday	a bite of midges
1/12/27	Tuesday	a conflagration of fireflies
1/13/27	Wednesday	a wobble of ostriches
1/14/27	Thursday	a sute of bloodhounds
1/15/27	Friday	a wisp of snipe
1/16/27	Saturday	a shoal of herrings
1/17/27	Sunday	a flock of bustards
1/18/27	Monday	a cell of eels
1/19/27	Tuesday	a gang of bison
1/20/27	Wednesday	a safe of ducks
1/21/27	Thursday	a company of angelfish
1/22/27	Friday	a pod of coots
1/23/27	Saturday	an extinction of dodos
1/24/27	Sunday	a herd of springbok
1/25/27	Monday	a dopping of goosanders
1/26/27	Tuesday	a covey of turtledoves
1/27/27	Wednesday	a fling of goldfish
1/28/27	Thursday	a cluster of spiders
1/29/27	Friday	a swarm of krill
1/30/27	Saturday	a gang of weasles
1/31/27	Sunday	a culture of bacteria
2/1/27	Monday	a flotilla of swordfish
2/2/27	Tuesday	a colony of rabbits
2/3/27	Wednesday	a flock of moorhens
2/4/27	Thursday	a pitying of turtle doves
2/5/27	Friday	a turn of turtles
2/6/27	Saturday	a chain of bobolinks
2/7/27	Sunday	an exactness of mockingbirds
2/8/27	Monday	a colony of ticks
2/9/27	Tuesday	a pomp of pekingese
2/10/27	Wednesday	a dopping of shelducks
2/11/27	Thursday	a consortium of crabs
2/12/27	Friday	a parcel of linnets
2/13/27	Saturday	a drove of shrews
2/14/27	Sunday	a band of salamanders
2/15/27	Monday	a bevy of doe
2/16/27	Tuesday	a team of mules
2/17/27	Wednesday	a flight of albatross
2/18/27	Thursday	a flight of dragons
2/19/27	Friday	a flight of dragons
2/20/27	Saturday	a leash of hounds
2/21/27	Sunday	a party of dolphin
2/22/27	Monday	a group of chimpanzees
2/23/27	Tuesday	a terror of terriers
2/24/27	Wednesday	a truelove of turtle doves
2/25/27	Thursday	a troup of tuna
2/26/27	Friday	a glean of herring
2/27/27	Saturday	a colony of rabbits
2/28/27	Sunday	a lounge of lizards
3/1/27	Monday	a celebration of polar bears
3/2/27	Tuesday	a zoo of animals
3/3/27	Wednesday	a shoal of butterflyfish
3/4/27	Thursday	a musket of lyrebirds
3/5/27	Friday	a shoal of shad
3/6/27	Saturday	a sute of bloodhounds
3/7/27	Sunday	a company of parrots
3/8/27	Monday	a group of sea stars
3/9/27	Tuesday	a culture of bacteria
3/10/27	Wednesday	a circus of keas
3/11/27	Thursday	a school of trout
3/12/27	Friday	a wake of bustards
3/13/27	Saturday	a sum of adders
3/14/27	Sunday	a flock of pigs
3/15/27	Monday	a nest of scorpions
3/16/27	Tuesday	a bevy of roe deer
3/17/27	Wednesday	a pace of donkeys
3/18/27	Thursday	a watch of nightingales
3/19/27	Friday	a passel of pigs
3/20/27	Saturday	a clan of hyenas
3/21/27	Sunday	a herd of gaur
3/22/27	Monday	an army of caterpillars
3/23/27	Tuesday	a darkening of jackdaws
3/24/27	Wednesday	a flock of moorhens
3/25/27	Thursday	a committee of terns
3/26/27	Friday	an exaltation of skylarks
3/27/27	Saturday	a box of frogs
3/28/27	Sunday	a leash of gulls
3/29/27	Monday	a shoal of porpoises
3/30/27	Tuesday	a congress of ravens
3/31/27	Wednesday	a poverty of pipers
4/1/27	Thursday	a gang of bison
4/2/27	Friday	a fleet of bass
4/3/27	Saturday	a harvest of mice
4/4/27	Sunday	a salon of poodles
4/5/27	Monday	a murmuration of tits
4/6/27	Tuesday	a mob of wallabies
4/7/27	Wednesday	a spread of sticklebacks
4/8/27	Thursday	a dopping of goosanders
4/9/27	Friday	a pack of weasels
4/10/27	Saturday	a booby of nuthatches
4/11/27	Sunday	a busyness of ferrets
4/12/27	Monday	a labour of moles
4/13/27	Tuesday	a bunch of teals
4/14/27	Wednesday	a company of moles
4/15/27	Thursday	a plagiary of mockingbirds
4/16/27	Friday	a sloth of bears
4/17/27	Saturday	a bevy of roe deer
4/18/27	Sunday	a herd of cows
4/19/27	Monday	a crawl of tortoises
4/20/27	Tuesday	a bank of komodo dragons
4/21/27	Wednesday	a flotilla of swordfish
4/22/27	Thursday	a conflagration of fireflies
4/23/27	Friday	a fluther of bluebottles
4/24/27	Saturday	an exultation of skylarks
4/25/27	Sunday	a shiver of sharks
4/26/27	Monday	a company of angelfish
4/27/27	Tuesday	a shoal of pilchards
4/28/27	Wednesday	a pot of water buffalo
4/29/27	Thursday	a buffoonery of orangutans
4/30/27	Friday	a clutch of chicks
5/1/27	Saturday	a stretch of giraffes
5/2/27	Sunday	a trip of dotterels
5/3/27	Monday	a meet of hounds
5/4/27	Tuesday	a trip of widgeons
5/5/27	Wednesday	a congregation of egrets
5/6/27	Thursday	a drove of donkeys
5/7/27	Friday	a tickle of feathers
5/8/27	Saturday	a horde of rats
5/9/27	Sunday	a pack of dinosaurs
5/10/27	Monday	an exaltation of skylarks
5/11/27	Tuesday	a herd of cranes
5/12/27	Wednesday	a clew of worms
5/13/27	Thursday	a colony of avocets
5/14/27	Friday	a litter of piglets
5/15/27	Saturday	a cowardice of curs
5/16/27	Sunday	a herd of hares
5/17/27	Monday	a galaxy of starfish
5/18/27	Tuesday	a committee of terns
5/19/27	Wednesday	a circlage of house martins
5/20/27	Thursday	a clutter of spiders
5/21/27	Friday	a passel of hogs
5/22/27	Saturday	a covey of turtledoves
5/23/27	Sunday	a flotilla of swordfish
5/24/27	Monday	a dropping of sheldrakes
5/25/27	Tuesday	a pitying of turtledoves
5/26/27	Wednesday	a drove of donkeys
5/27/27	Thursday	a phantasmagoria of coloured feathers
5/28/27	Friday	a swarm of mosquitoes
5/29/27	Saturday	a cloud of gnats
5/30/27	Sunday	an audience of squid
5/31/27	Monday	a shoal of shad
6/1/27	Tuesday	a salon of poodles
6/2/27	Wednesday	a pretence of bitterns
6/3/27	Thursday	a setting of eggs
6/4/27	Friday	a harem of peahens
6/5/27	Saturday	a covey of turtledoves
6/6/27	Sunday	a nursery of raccoons
6/7/27	Monday	a drove of bullocks
6/8/27	Tuesday	a group of sea stars
6/9/27	Wednesday	a trip of swine
6/10/27	Thursday	a pair of lovebirds
6/11/27	Friday	a pack of perch
6/12/27	Saturday	a congress of lemurs
6/13/27	Sunday	a rainbow of butterflies
6/14/27	Monday	a turn of turtles
6/15/27	Tuesday	a wriggle of worms
6/16/27	Wednesday	a flock of chickens
6/17/27	Thursday	an eclipse of moths
6/18/27	Friday	a chain of bobolinks
6/19/27	Saturday	a toil of pheasants
6/20/27	Sunday	a nest of ants
6/21/27	Monday	a raft of waterfowl
6/22/27	Tuesday	a herd of caribou
6/23/27	Wednesday	a herd of tapirs
6/24/27	Thursday	a drift of pigs
6/25/27	Friday	a rookery of pelicans
6/26/27	Saturday	a stretch of giraffes
6/27/27	Sunday	a cloud of locusts
6/28/27	Monday	a battery of rams
6/29/27	Tuesday	a colony of auks
6/30/27	Wednesday	a school of pilchards
7/1/27	Thursday	a congress of baboons
7/2/27	Friday	a deceit of lapwings
7/3/27	Saturday	a shimmer of hummingbirds
7/4/27	Sunday	a hover of trout
7/5/27	Monday	a concentration of kingfishers
7/6/27	Tuesday	a tower of giraffes
7/7/27	Wednesday	a desert of lapwings
7/8/27	Thursday	a phantasmagoria of coloured feathers
7/9/27	Friday	a mews of capons
7/10/27	Saturday	a glean of herrings
7/11/27	Sunday	a pack of gulls
7/12/27	Monday	a consortium of octopuses
7/13/27	Tuesday	a drift of hogs
7/14/27	Wednesday	a quiver of cobras
7/15/27	Thursday	a clutter of cats
7/16/27	Friday	a company of angelfish
7/17/27	Saturday	a contradiction of sandpipers
7/18/27	Sunday	a flock of lice
7/19/27	Monday	a cackle of hyenas
7/20/27	Tuesday	a meinie of sparrows
7/21/27	Wednesday	an eclipse of moths
7/22/27	Thursday	a herd of elephants
7/23/27	Friday	a paddle of platypus
7/24/27	Saturday	a ménage of mongrels
7/25/27	Sunday	an exaltation of larks
7/26/27	Monday	a grumble of pugs
7/27/27	Tuesday	a parade of echidnas
7/28/27	Wednesday	a murmuration of starlings
7/29/27	Thursday	a gang of buffalo
7/30/27	Friday	a flock of walruse
7/31/27	Saturday	a flush of quails
8/1/27	Sunday	a crowd of redwing
8/2/27	Monday	a bundle of frogs
8/3/27	Tuesday	a blessing of unicorns
8/4/27	Wednesday	a herd of reindeer
8/5/27	Thursday	a fever of stingrays
8/6/27	Friday	an echo of mockingbirds
8/7/27	Saturday	an army of caterpillars
8/8/27	Sunday	a herd of impalas
8/9/27	Monday	a walk of snails
8/10/27	Tuesday	a banditry of titmice
8/11/27	Wednesday	a den of vipers
8/12/27	Thursday	a cornucopia of slugs
8/13/27	Friday	a swarm of krill
8/14/27	Saturday	a volary of bullfinches
8/15/27	Sunday	an obstinancy of bison
8/16/27	Monday	a lump of toads
8/17/27	Tuesday	a consort of corgis

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