A list of 29 words by staffordcastle.
- charm of finches appears on just this list
- murder of crows appears on 3 other lists
- exaltation of larks appears on 1 other list
- pod of whales appears on just this list
- pride of lions appears on 1 other list
- skulk of foxes appears on just this list
- drift of swine appears on just this list
- team of oxen appears on just this list
- couple of hounds appears on just this list
- sounder of wild swine appears on just this list
- leap of leopards appears on just this list
- rag of colts appears on just this list
- flock of sheep appears on just this list
- clowder of cats appears on just this list
- shrewdness of apes appears on just this list
- cete of badgers appears on just this list
- labour of moles appears on just this list
- tribe of goats appears on just this list
- herd of deer appears on just this list
- drove of kine appears on just this list
- nest of rabbits appears on just this list
- kindle of kittens appears on just this list
- gaggle of geese appears on just this list
- muster of peacocks appears on just this list
- bevy of quail appears on just this list
- flight of doves appears on just this list
- watch of nightingales appears on just this list
- murmuration of starlings appears on 1 other list
- host of sparrows appears on just this list

skipvia There are a few other lists that cover similar ground: Obstinate Buffaloes, Prides, Not Prejudice, and Murders of Crows. I may have missed some. Mar 14, 2008
chained_bear might I humbly suggest turmoil of squid, and the newest one I've seen, file of pelicans? Mar 14, 2008
vanishedone With a little Googling I tracked down the source, which also offers 'a strut of hookers' and 'an embarrassment of basses'. Mar 9, 2008
vanishedone A ghostly a "consumption" of gothic heroines (also available in the equally ghostly variants a consumption of gothic heroines and consumption of gothic heroines) is turning up in the search-suggester; I wonder whether it belongs here... Mar 9, 2008
stpeter I once wrote a poem about collective nouns -- http://www.saint-andre.com/poems/problem.html :-) Jan 1, 2007