| a ladle of | Dippers |
| a doppling of (flightless) | Diver |
| an extinction of (flightless) | Diatryma |
| an dearth of | Dodos |
| an extinction of | Dodos |
| an extinctitude of | Dodos |
| a waddle of | Dodos |
| an extinction of (White) | Dodos |
| a trip of | Dotterel |
| a brood of | Dovelets |
| an arc of | Doves |
| a cote of | Doves |
| a cove of | Doves |
| a dole of | Doves |
| a dule of | Doves |
| an exaltation of | Doves |
| a flight of | Doves |
| a flock of | Doves |
| a funeral of | Doves |
| a piteousness of | Doves |
| a pitying of | Doves |
| a prettying of | Doves |
| a true love of | Doves |
| a civilization of (Inca) | Doves |
| a funeral of (Mourning) | Doves |
| a brace of (Stork) | Doves |
| a leash of (Stork) | Doves |
| a bunch of | Drongos |
| a clutch of | Ducklings |
| a badelynge of | Ducks |
| a badling of | Ducks |
| a battling of | Ducks |
| a bed of | Ducks |
| a brace of | Ducks |
| a brood of | Ducks |
| a bunch of | Ducks |
| a coil of | Ducks |
| a company of | Ducks |
| a daggle of | Ducks |
| a diving of | Ducks |
| a dopping of | Ducks |
| a flock of | Ducks |
| a flight of | Ducks |
| a flush of | Ducks |
| a game of | Ducks |
| a gathering of | Ducks |
| a knob of | Ducks |
| a leash (three) of | Ducks |
| a little knob of | Ducks |
| a lute of | Ducks |
| a paddle of | Ducks |
| a paddling of | Ducks |
| a pair of | Ducks |
| a plump of | Ducks |
| a pryde of | Ducks |
| a puddle of | Ducks |
| a puddling of | Ducks |
| a raft of | Ducks |
| a safe of | Ducks |
| a skein of | Ducks |
| a smeath of | Ducks |
| a sord of | Ducks |
| a sorde of | Ducks |
| a sore of | Ducks |
| a sort of | Ducks |
| a string of | Ducks |
| a suce of | Ducks |
| a sute of | Ducks |
| a team of | Ducks |
| a trip of | Ducks |
| a “V” formation of | Ducks |
| a wabbling of | Ducks |
| a waddling of | Ducks |
| a wedge of | Ducks |
| a family of (brown-speckled) | Ducks |
| an awning of (Canvass-back) | Ducks |
| a raft of (Canvass-back) | Ducks |
| a sail of (Canvass-back) | Ducks |
| a buffoonery of (Harlequin) | Ducks |
| a clowning of (Harlequin) | Ducks |
| a gang of (Masked) | Ducks |
| a flock of (Pintail) | Ducks |
| a spring of (Pintail) | Ducks |
| a bunch of (wild) | Ducks |
| a fleet of (wild) | Ducks |
| a gang of (wild) | Ducks |
| a pack of (wild) | Ducks |
| a party of (wild) | Ducks |
| a raft of (wild) | Ducks |
| a discomfiture of (wood) | Ducks |
| a flight of | Dunbirds |
| a rush of | Dunbirds |
| a freeze of | Dunkadoos |
| a pretense of | Dunkadoos |
| a sedge of | Dunkadoos |
| a siege of | Dunkadoos |
| a flight of | Dunlins |
| a fling of | Dunlins |
| a trip of | Dunlins |
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NZ Birds uses antique print images to illustrate our site. For the purposes of this page, we would be pleased to receive photographs of birds from around the world to illustrate some of the collective nouns. Please EMAIL: [email protected] if you wish to contribute.