| a trip of | Waders |
| a flock of | Wagtails |
| a flight of (Pied) | Wagtails |
| a flock of (Pied) | Wagtails |
| a roost of (Pied) | Wagtails |
| a volery of (White) | Wagtails |
| a bouquet of | Warblers |
| a confusion of | Warblers |
| a fall of | Warblers |
| a wrench of | Warblers |
| a dichotomy of (black-and-white) | Warblers |
| a distinction of (black-and-white) | Warblers |
| an integration of (black-and-white) | Warblers |
| a contusion of (black-throated green) | Warblers |
| a skulk of (Connecticut) | Warblers |
| a (Connecticut) yankee of | Warblers |
| a seclusion of (hermit) | Warblers |
| a Derby of (Kentucky) | Warblers |
| a scarcity of (Kirtland’s) | Warblers |
| a corsage of (magnolia) | Warblers |
| a wake of (mourning) | Warblers |
| a reading of (palm) | Warblers |
| a cone of (pine) | Warblers |
| an embarrassment of (red-faced) | Warblers |
| a cord of (wood) | Warblers |
| a stream of (yellow) | Warblers |
| a sweetness of (yellow) | Warblers |
| a trepidation of (yellow) | Warblers |
| a brace (two) of | Waterfowl |
| a bunch of | Waterfowl |
| a congregation of | Waterfowl |
| a flock of | Waterfowl |
| a knob of | Waterfowl |
| a leash (three) of | Waterfowl |
| a little knob of | Waterfowl |
| a plump of | Waterfowl |
| a raft of | Waterfowl |
| a skein of | Waterfowl |
| a sute of | Waterfowl |
| a trip of | Waterfowl |
| a wedge of | Waterfowl |
| a dopping of | Water ouzels |
| a teeter of | Waterthrushes |
| a ear-full of | Waxwings |
| a grosbeaks of | Waxwings |
| a museum of | Waxwings |
| a bowl of | Wheaters |
| a shaft of | Wheaters |
| a whistling of | Whios |
| an invisibility of | Whippoorwills |
| a seek of | Whippoorwills |
| a ring of | White-eyes |
| a spectacle of | White-eyes |
| a herd of | Whooping cranes |
| a sedge of | Whooping cranes |
| a siege of | Whooping cranes |
| a bunch of | Widgeons |
| a coil of | Widgeons |
| a company of | Widgeons |
| a flight of | Widgeons |
| a knob of | Widgeons |
| a little knob of | Widgeons |
| a lute of | Widgeons |
| a raft of | Widgeons |
| a scry of | Widgeons |
| a smidgen of | Widgeons |
| a sord of | Widgeons |
| a sute of | Widgeons |
| a trip of | Widgeons |
| a hair club of (American) | Widgeons |
| a flight of | Wild birds |
| a bunch of | Wildfowl |
| a knob of | Wildfowl |
| a little knob of | Wildfowl |
| a plump of | Wildfowl |
| a skein of | Wildfowl |
| a scry of | Wildfowl |
| a sord of | Wildfowl |
| a sute of | Wildfowl |
| a trip of | Wildfowl |
| a wedge of | Wildfowl |
| a cord of | Woodcocks |
| a covert of | Woodcocks |
| a covey of | Woodcocks |
| a fall of | Woodcocks |
| a flight of | Woodcocks |
| a flock of | Woodcocks |
| a plump of | Woodcocks |
| a rush of | Woodcocks |
| a roding of (Eurasian) | Woodcocks |
| a discomfiture of | Wood duck |
| a cord of | Woodpeckers |
| a descant of | Woodpeckers |
| a descension of | Woodpeckers |
| a drumming of | Woodpeckers |
| a gatling of | Woodpeckers |
| a bushel of (acorn) | Woodpeckers |
| a scaffold of (latterbacked) | Woodpeckers |
| a crown of (Pileated) | Woodpeckers |
| a chime of | Wrens |
| a flight of | Wrens |
| a flock of | Wrens |
| a herd of | Wrens |
| a herde of | Wrens |
| a family of (winter) | Wrens |
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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.