A collective noun (or collective name) is a name which denotes or represents a number of individual items. For example, a number of sheep together is known as a 'flock'. The word 'flock' is the collective noun for a number of sheep. Some items have multiple collective nouns, for example a collection of goats can be known as a 'herd', a 'tribe' or a 'trip'.
Ambush is the collective noun for a group of tigers.
Army is the collective noun for a group of frogs, ants,
Array is the collective noun for a group of hedgehogs.
Badelynge is the collective noun for a group of ducks on the ground.
Bale is the collective noun for a group of turtles.
Barren is the collective noun for a group of mules.
Basket is the collective noun for a group of plums.
Battery is the collective noun for a group of barracuda.
Bazaar is the collective noun for a group of guillemots.
Bed is the collective noun for a group of clams.
Bench is the collective noun for a group of bishops, magistrates.
Bevy is the collective noun for a group of quail, roes, swans, pheasants, ladies.
Brace is the collective noun for a group of bucks.
Brood is the collective noun for a group of chickens.
Building is the collective noun for a group of rooks.
Bunch is the collective noun for a group of grapes, flowers.
Bundle is the collective noun for a group of asparagus.
Business is the collective noun for a group of ferrets.
Caravan is the collective noun for a group of camels.
Cast is the collective noun for a group of hawks, falcons.
Cete is the collective noun for a group of badgers.
Charm is the collective noun for a group of goldfinches.
Chatter is the collective noun for a group of budgerigars.
Chattering is the collective noun for a group of choughs.
Chine is the collective noun for a group of polecats.
Clamour is the collective noun for a group of rooks.
Clous is the collective noun for a group of gnats.
Clowder is the collective noun for a group of cats.
Clump is the collective noun for a group of trees.
Cluster is the collective noun for a group of grapes, spiders.
Clutch is the collective noun for a group of eggs.
Clutter is the collective noun for a group of spiders.
Colony is the collective noun for a group of gulls, frogs, penguins, ants, beavers.
Company is the collective noun for a group of widgeon, parrots.
Congregation is the collective noun for a group of plovers.
Convocation is the collective noun for a group of eagles.
Covert is the collective noun for a group of coots.
Covey is the collective noun for a group of partridges, grouse.
Crash is the collective noun for a group of rhinoceros.
The Curlew (Numenius) is a genus of birds belonging to the order Grallatores, or Waders, and of the same family (Scolopacidae) as the snipe and woodcock. The genus is characterized by a very long, slender, and arcuated bill, tall and partly naked legs, and a short somewhat rounded tail. The bill is more or less covered with a soft sensitive skin by which the bird is enabled to detect its food in the mud.
The common curlew (Numenius arquata) is a British water bird of the family Scolopacidae, found near the sea-side, especially where the tides goes out a long way leaving a wide expanse of muddy sand, and on the banks of tidal rivers. It has a distinctive long and slender curved bill much larger than its head and a general reddish ash colouration, mottled with dusky spots and a white belly. The tail is white with dark brown transverse bars. The overall length of the bird is around 60 centimetres. Research Curlew
Grallatores is an order of birds. They are generally wading-birds and frequent the banks of streams and marshes. They have long legs and a long beak. The order includes the snipe, stint, and ruff; the red-shanks, green-shanks, sand-pipers; the curlews, phalaropes, stilts, and avocets; the plovers, oyster-catchers, turnstones, lapwings, coursers; the jacanas, the bustards; the rails
and coots; and the cranes. They are generally known as wading-birds, as they frequent shores and banks of streams, marshes, etc. Research Grallatores
The greenshank (Totanus glottis) is a species of sand-piper often called the whistling snipe from the shrill note it utters when first disturbed. It breeds commonly in the Hebrides and sometimes in northern Scotland and is a visitor to the coasts and marshes of Britain. Research Greenshank
The Jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a marshbird similar to, but smaller than the snipe, with more distinctive stripes on its head. Research Jack Snipe
The knot (Tringa canutus) is a shore-living bird of the family Scolopacidae. The knot is larger than a snipe, but with a shorter bill and legs and the plumage is ash-grey above and white flecked with grey below.
Knot is the collective noun for a group of toads.
Sandpiper is a popular name applied to a number of birds belonging to the family Charadriidae. The common sandpiper (Totanus hypoleucus), also known as the summer snipe, is about twenty centimeters long, and has olive-brown upper parts, a white chin, ash-coloured breast, and white under parts. The common sandpiper is to be found about streams in the wilder parts of Scotland where it nests in hollows beside streams. Research Sandpiper
The snipe isagenus of birds of the plover tribe. The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a European marshbird found in Britain. It is dumpy with a rounded body, mottled black and brown plumage on the upper parts, white bars on the flanks and white under parts, short legs and a very long, straight bill with which it probes downwards into soft mud for food, the food comprising worms and insects. Research Snipe
The turnstone (Arenaria intepres) is a shore-living bird of the plover family Charadridae, found nearly all over the world. It is about the size of a snipe, but has shorter legs and bill, and takes its name from the habit of turning over stones on the sea shore in search of small crustaceans which it eats. The turnstone has black and white plumage on its head and neck, black and chesynut on its upper parts and a breast banded with greyish black. The turnstone breeds in the Arctic before visiting Britain bewteen August and the following May. Research Turnstone
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