Sebutan Kolektif untuk Sekumpulan Hewan (Animal Group Names)

Dalam bahasa Inggris, kata benda atau nomina kolektif hewan adalah sebutan untuk sekumpulan hewan yang berjenis sama. Beberaoa contohnya adalah sebagai berikut:

Sekumpulan ayam kalkun disebut aflock of turkeys, a rafter of turkeys
Sekumpulan burung hantu disebut aparliament of owls, a stare of owls
Sekumpulan burung gagak disebut amurder of crows, a hover of crows, a muster of crows, a parcel of crows
Sekumpulan katak disebut an armyof frogs, a colony of frogs, a knot of frogs
Sekumpulan burung flamingo disebut astand of flamingos
Sekumpulan kelinci disebut acolony of rabbits, a bury of rabbits, a drove of rabbits, a warren of rabbits, a wrack of rabbits
Sekumpulan singa disebut apride of lions, a flock of lions, a troop of lions
Sekumpulan rubah disebut askulk of foxes, an earth of foxes, a lead of foxes, a leash of foxes, a troop of foxes
Sekumpulan babi disebut a droveof pigs, a drift of pigs, a flock of pigs, a herd of pigs
Sekumpulan kelelawar disebut acloud of bats, a colony of bats
Sekumpulan beruang disebut asloth of bears
Sekumpulan angsa disebut agaggle of geese, a flock of geese, a plump of geese, a wedge of geese

1. Collective Nouns for Birds

Kata benda atau nomina kolektif untuk burung:

A band/A party/A scold of jays
A bazaar of guillemots
A bellowing of bullfinches
A bevy/A covey/A drift of quails
A brood/A clutch/A peep of chickens
A brood of hens
A cadge of peregrines
A cast of falcons
A chain of bobolinks
A charm/A chirm/A trembling/A trimming of finches
A charm/A chattering/A drum/A troubling of goldfinches
A charm/A chattering/A drum/A troubling of hummingbirds
A cloud of seafowls
A colony/A flock/A raft of auks
A colony of avocets
A colony of gulls
A colony of ibises
A colony/A parcel/A rookery of penguins
A colony/A committee/A wake of vultures
A company/A flock/A pandemonium/A psittacosis of parrots
A company/A bunch/A coil/A flight/A knob/A trip of widgeons
A congregation/A charm/A flock/A gulp/A murder/A tiding/A tittering/A tribe of magpies
A congregation/A band/A flight/A leash/A stand/A wing of plovers
A convocation/An aerie of eagles
A covert/A commotion/A cover/A fleet/A flock/A pod/A rasp/A swarm of coots
A covey/A brace/A brood/A flight/A pack of grouse
A covey/A bevy/A clutch/A warren of partridges
A covey of ptarmigans
A crowd of redwings
A descent of woodpeckers
A desert/A deceit of lapwings
A dole/A flight/A piteousness/A pitying/A prettying of doves
A fall/A covey/A flight/A plump of woodcocks
A flight of birds
A flight/A gulp of cormorants
A flight of goshawks
A flight/A flock/A kit/A passel of pigeons
A flight/A gulp of swallows
A fling of dunlins
A fling of sandpipers
A flock of birds
A flock of bustards
A flock of swifts
A flock of turkeys
A flush of ducks
A gaggle/A flock/A plump/A skein/A team/A wedge of geese
A head/A herd of curlews
A herd/A bank/A bevy/A drift/A game/A herd/A lamentation/A squadron/A team/A wedge/A whiteness/A whiting of swans
A herd/A flock of wrens
A hill of ruffs
A host/A quarrel/A tribe/A ubiquity of sparrows
A knob of pintails
A mews/An aerie/A cast/A kettle/A mew/A screw/A stream of hawks
A murder/A hover/A muster/A parcel of crows
A chattering/A cloud/A congregation/A clutter of starlings
A muse of capons
A muster/An ostentation/A pride of peacocks
A mustering/A flight/A phalanx of storks
A mutation of thrushes
A bouquet/A head/A warren of pheasants
A parcel of linnets
A parliament/A stare of owls
A parliament/A building/A congregation/A shoal/A wing of rooks
A pitying of turtledoves
A plump of moorhens
A plump/A bunch/A knob/A raft of waterfowls
A pod/A scoop of pelicans
A prattle of parrots
A pride/A flock of ostriches
A rafter of turkeys
A run of poultry
A sedge/A siege of bitterns
A sedge/A herd/A sedge/A siege of cranes
A sedge/A flight/A hedge/A rookery/A siege of herons
A flush/A puddling of mallards
A spring/A bunch/A coil/A knob/A raft of teals
A squabble of seagulls
A stand of flamingos
A trip of dotterels
A trip/A bunch/A knob/A lute/A skein of wildfowls
A wake of buzzards
A walk/A wisp of snipes
A watch/A match/A pray of nightingales
An army of caterpillars
An exaltation/An ascension/A bevy/A flight of larks
An ostentation of peacocks
An unkindness/An aerie/A conspiracy of ravens

2. Collective Nouns for Mammals

Kata benda atau nomina kolektif untuk mamalia:

An array/A prickle of hedgehogs
A band/A whoop of gorillas
A band/A pack of mongooses
A barren/A pack/A rake/A span of mules
A blessing of unicorns
A bloat/A crash/A herd/A pod/A school/A thunder of hippopotami
A brace of geldings
A bury/A game of conies
A business/A cast of ferrets
A colony of badgers
A chine of polecats
A clan of hyenas
A cloud/A colony of bats
A glaring/A cluster/A clutter of cats
A cluster/A herd/A tribe of antelopes
A coalition of cheetahs
A cohort/A herd/A zeal of zebras
A colony/A family/A lodge of beavers
A colony of chinchillas
A colony/A bury/A drove/A flick/A kindle/A leash/A nest/A trace/A warren/A wrack of rabbits
A colony/A horde/A mischief/A swarm of rats
A colony/A harem/A herd/A pod/A rookery/A spring of seals
A colony of voles
A congress/A flange/A troop of baboons
A coterie/A town of prairie dogs
A couple of impalas
A cowardice of curs
A crash/A herd/A stubbornness of rhinoceroses
A destruction of (wild) cats
A destruction of wildcats
A drift/A trip of (tame) swine
A dray/A colony of squirrels
A drift/A drove/A parcel of hogs
A drove of bullocks
A drove/A down/A flick/A herd/A husk/A kindle/A leash/A trace/A trip of hares
A drove/A drift/A flock/A herd of pigs
A drove/A herd of swine
A fall of lambs
A family/A bevy/A raft/A romp of otters
A farrow/A litter of piglets
A field/A string of racehorses
A flock/A caravan/A herd/A train of camels
A flock/A down/A drift/A drove/A fold/A herd/A mob/A parcel/A trip of
A gang/A herb/An obstinacy of buffalos
A gang/A herd of elks
A grind of bottle-nosed whales
A group of guinea pigs
A herd/A gang of bisons
A herd/A leash of bucks
A herd of caribous
A herd/A drift/A drove/A mob of cattle
A herd of chamois
A herd/A drove of donkeys
A herd of elands
A herd/A parade of elephants
A herd/An implausibility of gnus
A herd of hartebeests
A herd of harts
A herd of ibexes
A herd of llamas
A herd of moose
A herd of wildebeests
A herd of yaks
A horde of gerbils
A horde of hamsters
A huddle/A herd/An ugly of walruses
A husk of jackrabbits
A journey/A group/A herd/A tower of giraffes
A kindle/A litter of kittens
A kindle of leverets
A labor/A company/A movement of moles
A leap of leopards
A leash of greyhounds
A litter of cubs
A litter of pups
A mischief/A horde/A nest/A trip of mice
A mob/A troop of kangaroos
A mob of wombats
A nursery/A gaze of raccoons
A pace/A drove/A coffle/A herd of asses
A pack/A band/A rout of coyotes
A pack/A kennel of dogs
A pack/A cry/A hunt/A kennel/A leash/A meet/A mute/A stable of hounds
A pack/A trip of stoats
A pack/A herd/A rout of wolves
A parcel of hinds
A pod/A flock/A school/A team of dolphins
A prickle of porcupines
A pride/A flock/A sault/A troop of lions
A rake/A rack/A rag of colts
A richness of martens
A school/A herd/A pod of porpoises
A school/A float/A gam/A herd/A mob/A pod/A run/A shoal of whales
A shrewdness/A troop of apes
A skulk/An earth/A lead/A leash/A troop of foxes
A sloth of bears
A sneak/A gang/A pack of weasels
A sounder of (wild) boars
A sounder of (wild) pigs
A sounder of (wild) swine
A stable/A herd/A string/A stud/A team/A drove of horses
A string/A herd of ponies
A stud of mares
A surfeit of skunks
A team/A drove/A herd/A span/A yoke of oxen
A trip/A flock/A herd/A trip/A tribe of goats
A troop/A mission/A tribe/A cartload/A wilderness of monkeys
An ambush/A streak of tigers
An aurora/A pack of polar bears

3. Collective Nouns for Sea Animals

Kata benda atau nomina kolektif untuk hewan laut:

A battery of barracudas
A bind/A leap/A school/A shoal/A run/A draught of salmon
A cluster of porcupine fish
A company of angelfish
A company of archer fish
A family of sardines
A fleet/A shoal of bass
A float of tuna
A flotilla of swordfish
A glean/An army/A shoal of herrings
A glide of flying fish
A glint/A troubling of goldfish
A grind of blackfish
A herd of seahorses
A pack of perch
A party of rainbow fish
A quantity of smelts
A school of butterfly fish
A school of cod
A shiver/A school/A shoal of sharks
A shoal/A catch/A draught/A fray/A haul/A run/A school of fish
A shoal of mackerel
A shoal/A steam/A stream/A swarm of minnows
A shoal/A school of pilchards
A shoal of roach
A shoal of shads
A shoal/A spread of sticklebacks
A squad of squid
A swarm of dragonet fish
A swarm of eels
A troop of dogfish
A troupe of shrimp

4. Collective Nouns for Amphibians, Reptiles, Invertebrates, Insects

Kata benda atau nomina kolektif untuk amfibi, reptil, invertebrata, dan serangga:

A quiver of cobras
A bask/A congregation/A float/A nest of crocodiles
A herd/A pack of dinosaurs (pack)
A flight/A wing of dragons
An army/A colony/A knot of frogs
A mess of iguanas
A den/A bed/A knot/A nest/A pit of snakes
A knot/A nest/A knob of toads
A bale/A turn of turtles
A nest/A generation of vipers

a. Collective Nouns for Invertebrates

Kata benda atau nomina kolektif untuk invertebrata:

- A culture of bacteria
- A stuck/A smack of jellyfish
- A clew of worms

b. Collective Nouns for Insects

Kata benda atau nomina kolektif untuk serangga:

- A colony/An army/A bike/A swarm of ants
- A swarm/A bike/A cast/A cluster/A drift/A game/A hive/A stand/A rabble/A grist of bees
- A bike of (wild) bees
- A flight/A rabble/A swarm of butterflies
- An army of caterpillars
- An intrusion of cockroaches
- A swarm/A cloud/A business/A grist/A hatch of flies
- A cloud/A horde/A rabble/A swarm of gnats
- A cloud/A cluster/A swarm of grasshoppers
- A bike/A nest/A swarm of hornets
- A flight/A horde/A plague/A rabble/A swarm of insects
- A flock/A colony/An infestation of lice
- A plague/A cloud/A swarm of locusts
- A scourge/A swarm of mosquitoes
- A clutter/A cluster of spiders
- A colony/A swarm of termites
- A colony/A bike/A nest of wasps