. . . .AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: ANIMAL GROUPS, PART 5

ANIMAL GROUPS: M-Q

Magpies:

A tiding, gulp, murder, tittering, charm of magpies:

 

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Mallards:

A lute, flush, puddling, brace (in general) of mallards:

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Mallards pond 2009.ogv

Several drakes swim in a pond.

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sord (in flight) of mallards:

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A richness of martens:

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A gang, mob, clan of meerkats:

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A mischief, horde, harvest of mice:

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A bite of midges:

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A stream, swarm, shoal of minnows:

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A labor, company, movement of moles:

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A troop, barrel, carload, cartload, tribe of monkeys:

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golden snub nose

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A herd of moose:

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A scourge of mosquitoes:

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A fleet of mudhens:

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A pack, barren, span, rake of mules:

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A watch, route, match of nightingales:

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A herd of okapi:

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A passel of opossums:

 

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congress of orangutans:

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Video of Orangutans at a rehabilitation centre in Borneo.

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A flock, herd of ostrich:

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A romp, bevy, family, raft of otters:

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A parliament of owls:

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A team, yoke, drove of oxen:

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A bedculch, hive, cast of oysters:

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A company, pandemonium of parrots:

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A Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo using its strong bill to search for grubs.


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Video of an Orange-winged Amazon saying “Hello” having been prompted by some people. SOURCE

 
 

 

 

 A bevy, covey of partridge:
 
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A pulchritude, party, muster, ostentation, pride of peafowl:

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A pomp of Pekingese:
 
 


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A pod of pelicans:

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Penguins (in general):

A colony, rookery, huddle of penguins:

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A nursery, creche of penguins:

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Pheasants in general:

A nest, nye of pheasants:


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A brood, nide of pheasants:



A take-off, bouquet of pheasants:


A flight, flock, kit of pigeons:

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Pigs:

In general:

A drift, drove of pigs:
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Pigs (boars/swine):

A sounder, singular of pigs:

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Pigs (hogs):

A team, passel, drift, parcel of pigs:



Pigs (piglets):

A litter, farrow of pigs
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Plovers:

In general:

A congregation of plovers:

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A wing, flight of plovers:



A chine of polecats:
 


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A prickle of porcupine:
 
 

A pod, herd, school, crowd, shoal of porpoises:

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A coterie of prairie dogs:

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A covy of ptarmigans:
 
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A bevy, covey of quail.

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 . . . .to be continued.

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