Did you know that a group of hyenas is called a crackle and owls is parliament?

Let’s learn about group names of the wild animals, insects, birds, reptiles e.t.c that you will come across on your next African Safari with Adeli Kenya Safaris.

SPECIES NAME – GROUP NAME:

♦ Wildebeests – A Confusion

♦ Hippopotamuses – bloat

♦ Hyenas – cackle

♦ Leopards – leap

♦ Lions – pride

♦ Buffalo – gang, obstinancy, herd

♦ Giraffes – tower

♦ Rhinoceroses – crash

♦ Elephants – herd

♦ Zebras – Dazzle

♦ Eagles – convocation

♦ Flamingos – stand

♦ Monkeys – troop, barrel

♦ Vultures – Committee, Venue, Volt

♦ Gorillas – band

♦ Apes – shrewdness

♦ Bats – colony

♦ Deer – herd, bevy

♦ Fox – leash, skulk, earth

♦ Moles – labor

♦ Porcupines – prickle

♦ Squirrels – dray, scurry

♦ Wolves – pack, rout

♦ Birds in general – flight, flock, volary, brace

♦ Cranes – sedge

♦ Doves – dule

♦ Geese – flock, gaggle, skein

♦ Hawks – cast, kettle, boil

♦ Parrots – company

♦ Woodpeckers – descent

♦ Crocodiles – bask

♦ Frogs – army

♦ Toads – knot

♦ Turtles – bale, nest

♦ Snakes, vipers – nest

♦ Ants – colony

♦ Bees – grist, hive, swarm

♦ Caterpillars – army

♦ Grasshoppers – cloud

♦ Locusts – plague