What is the proper name for a "flock" of crows?

solarbears

A Murder is the collective noun for crows Jun 13 05, 3:34 PM

barker111

And a group of ravens is called an Unkindness. Jun 13 05, 3:39 PM

gmackematix

And here is a source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_nouns_for_birds Jun 13 05, 5:31 PM

lanfranco

Love that Pandemonium of parrots. Jun 13 05, 5:41 PM

mibmob

..and a crash of rhinos Jun 14 05, 8:38 AM

Baloo55th

These so-called proper names for groups of things are so artificial. I believe most were created by bored vicars in Victorian times. Certain group names are genuine - school of whales, gaggle or skein of geese and so on - but the others are contrived and to my mind stupid and unnecessary. And no-one really uses them except in making lists of things to pad out books of lists. Anyone can make them up. How about a google of trivia fans? Jun 14 05, 12:09 PM

TheAlphaWolf

SCHOOL of whales? I've never heard them being call that. I think pod of whales is more correct. fish are the ones that go to schools :P Jun 14 05, 2:16 PM

barker111

Baloo55th makes a good point, I wonder if these often strange animal group names are sincerely used by naturalists or are simply tossed around by people like us. Jun 14 05, 3:38 PM

TheAlphaWolf

I know I don't and wouldn't call a flock of crows a murder. look! a murder is coming! that pandemonium sure is large! It's just too silly. and it's not like you'd ever see a "crash of rhinos" since they don't hang around in groups. so yeah, what baloo said. Jun 14 05, 4:15 PM

lanfranco

WHERE is your sense of humor, guys? We've actually got a large number of parrots living in a park near our house. I fully intend that the next time I walk past their favorite tree with a friend, I shall remark, "Look! A pandemonium of parrots!" Sorry, but I think these terms are actually a creative and amusing use of language, however impractical. Jun 14 05, 4:45 PM

barker111

And I have seen huge groups of crows gather in farm fields - they have the most sinister look about them as if they are plotting or have just committed a murder. Jun 14 05, 7:41 PM

Baloo55th

OK - school = group of porpoises or similar aquatic animals that swim together. Can be a gam, as well. Gam = school of whales. (Definitions from Times English Dictionary.) Jun 15 05, 1:25 PM

jmmtwo

if you want to know more here are a bunch: shrewdness-apes, bask-crocodiles, colony-bats murder-crows, wake-buzzards, brace-ducks bed-clams, convocation-eagles, gulp-cormorants buisness-ferrets, stand-flamingos, buisness-flies, tower- giraffes. Thats all i'll put but i know about 27 more Jun 16 05, 5:49 PM

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