ANIMAL GROUPS: M-Q
Magpies:
A tiding, gulp, murder, tittering, charm of magpies:
SOURCE
Mallards:
A lute, flush, puddling, brace (in general) of mallards:
Several drakes swim in a pond.
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A 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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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:
SOURCE
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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A 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 bed, culch, 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:
A pulchritude, party, muster, ostentation, pride of peafowl:
A pomp of Pekingese:
A pod of pelicans:
Penguins (in general):
A colony, rookery, huddle of penguins:
A nursery, creche of penguins:
Pheasants in general:
A nest, nye of pheasants:
A brood, nide of pheasants:
A take-off, bouquet of pheasants:
A flight, flock, kit of pigeons:
Pigs:
In general:
A drift, drove of pigs:
Pigs (boars/swine):
A sounder, singular of pigs:
Pigs (hogs):
A team, passel, drift, parcel of pigs:
Pigs (piglets):
A litter, farrow of pigs
Plovers:
In general:
A congregation of plovers:
A wing, flight of plovers:
A chine of polecats:
A prickle of porcupine:
A pod, herd, school, crowd, shoal of porpoises:
A coterie of prairie dogs:
A covy of ptarmigans:
A bevy, covey of quail.
. . . .to be continued.