Group Names for Birds: A Partial List By Terry Ross A bevy of quail A bouquet of pheasants [when flushed] A brood of hens A building of rooks A cast of hawks [or falcons] A charm of finches A colony of penguins A company of parrots A congregation of plovers A cover of coots A covey of partridges [or grouse or ptarmigans] A deceit of lapwings A

White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata Reserva Ecologica de Guapi Assu, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. A monotypic species even though it also occurs in Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros.

n 2008, Nassim Nicholas Talib published a book called “The Black Swan”. A Black Swan is defined as being an event which has three characteristics; it is highly improbable, has massive impact and, in a strange way, appears almost inevitable after the event!

The Three Swans Hotel & Restaurant in Hungerford is a charming, historic coaching inn on the Hungerford high street

The Wild Swans are a post-punk band from Liverpool, England, which originally formed in 1980 shortly after Paul Simpson (ex-keyboards) left The Teardrop Explodes.The band’s personnel has been subject to regular turnover, with vocalist Simpson being the only constant member.

Group Names: Antelope: A herd of antelope Ant: A colony or an army of ants Ape: A shrewdness of apes Baboons: A troop of baboons Bacteria: A culture of bacteria Badger: A cete of badgers

Sorted by Noun Sorted by Bird Type; aerie of eagles aerie of hawks ascension of larks band of jays bevy of doves bevy of quail bevy of swans bouquet of …

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Swans are generally found in temperate environments, rarely occurring in the tropics. A group of swans is called a bevy or a wedge in flight. Four (or five) species occur in the Northern Hemisphere, one species is found in Australia, one extinct species was found in New Zealand and the Chatham Islands, and one species is distributed in southern