Collective Nouns for Birds Worksheets and Exercises

May 23, 2025 by Alma Webster

Learning group names for birds can be fun and exciting! Instead of just saying “a group of birds,” we can use special words like a flock of sparrows or a murder of crows. These bird worksheets will help you practice using the right words for different types of birds.

Collective Nouns for Birds Worksheets

  1. Choose the correct collective noun for each group of birds. Circle the letter of the correct answer. 

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Answer key: 

# Correct Answer Collective Noun
1 b) murder A murder of crows
2 a) gaggle A gaggle of geese
3 c) parliament A parliament of owls
4 c) pandemonium A pandemonium of parrots
5 b) host A host of sparrows
6 c) colony A colony of penguins
7 a) bevy A bevy of quails
8 a) dole A dole of doves
9 c) descent A descent of woodpeckers
10 a) muster A muster of storks

2. Look at each group of birds and read the phrase beside it. Then, match the bird to its correct collective noun. 

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3. Look at each picture of birds in a group. Write the correct collective noun beneath the image using the word bank.

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Collective Nouns for Birds Exercises

Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks 

Direction

Fill in each blank with the correct collective noun from the word bank. Each word is used only once.

Word Bank

  • ostentation

  • flight

  • host

  • brood

  • parliament

  • bevy

  • colony

  • squabble

  • descent 

  • murder

  1. A __________ of penguins waddled across the snow.

  2. We were amazed by an __________ of peacocks in the zoo.

  3. A __________ of owls perched silently in the dark forest.

  4. A __________ of sparrows chirped in the bushes.

  5. A __________ of seagulls fought loudly over food.

  6. A __________ of crows circled above the cornfield.

  7. The hunters spotted a __________ of quail in the meadow.

  8. A __________ of birds flew across the orange sky at sunset.

  9. The hen watched over her __________ of chicks.

  10. A __________ of woodpeckers hammered into the old oak tree.

Answer Key

# Correct Answer
1 colony
2 ostentation
3 parliament
4 host
5 squabble
6 murder
7 bevy
8 flight
9 brood
10 descent
 
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