. . . .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:

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:

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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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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:

 

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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:





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A take-off, bouquet of pheasants:



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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:





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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:





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A chine of polecats:

 




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A prickle of porcupine:

 

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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.