| an aria of | Canaries |
| an opera of | Canaries |
| an awning of | Canvasbacks |
| a raft of | Canvasbacks |
| a sail of | Canvasbacks |
| a tok of | Capercaillies |
| a mews of | Capons |
| a muse of | Capons |
| a college of | Cardinals |
| a conclave of | Cardinals |
| a deck of | Cardinals |
| a Kremlin of | Cardinals |
| a radiance of | Cardinals |
| a Vatican of | Cardinals |
| a dash of | Cassowaries |
| a jump of | Cassowaries |
| a jump of | Cassowaries |
| a slash of | Cassowaries |
| a swim of | Cassowaries |
| a mewing of | Catbirds |
| a mews of | Catbirds |
| a seat of | Cat birds |
| a sea of | Ceruleans |
| a banditry of | Chickadees |
| a dissimulation of | Chickadees |
| a banditry of (Blackcaped) | Chickadees |
| a dissimulation of (Blackcaped) | Chickadees |
| a banditry of (Whitecaped) | Chickadees |
| a dissimulation of (Whitecaped) | Chickadees |
| a brood of | Chicks |
| a chattering of | Chicks |
| a cletch of | Chicks |
| a clutch of | Chicks |
| a peep of | Chicks |
| a brood of | Chickens |
| a cletch of | Chickens |
| a clutch of | Chickens |
| a collection of | Chickens |
| a flock of | Chickens |
| a peep of | Chickens |
| a run of | Chickens |
| a flight of (Wild) | Chickens |
| a dodge of | Chickenhawks |
| a chattering of | Chough |
| a clattering of | Chough |
| a cluttering of | Chough |
| a dentistry of | Clever birds |
| a crackle of | Cockatoos |
| a family of | Cockatoos |
| a condo of | Condors |
| a scarcity of (California) | Condors |
| a codgery of | Coots |
| a commotion of | Coots |
| a community of | Coots |
| a cooperation of | Coots |
| a cover of | Coots |
| a covert of | Coots |
| a fleet of | Coots |
| a flock of | Coots |
| a pod of | Coots |
| a raft of | Coots |
| a rafter of | Coots |
| a rasp of | Coots |
| a shoal of | Coots |
| a swarm of | Coots |
| a flight of | Cormorants |
| a gulp of | Cormorants |
| a “lett fli” of | Cormorants |
| a paddling of | Cormorants |
| a rookery of | Cormorants |
| a swim of | Cormorants |
| a paddle of (flightless) | Cormorants |
| a paddling of (flightless) | Cormorants |
| a sunning of (flightless) | Cormorants |
| a paddling of (Galapagos) | Cormorants |
| a sunning of (Galapagos) | Cormorants |
| an embarrassment of (redfaced) | Cormorants |
| a cover of | Cotes |
| a corral of | Cowbirds |
| a herd of | Cowbirds |
| a bowl of (corn) | Crakes |
| a box of (corn) | Crakes |
| a cob of (corn) | Crakes |
| a brood of | Cranelings |
| a construction of | Cranes |
| a dance of | Cranes |
| a family of | Cranes |
| a flock of | Cranes |
| a herd of | Cranes |
| a pair of | Cranes |
| a sedge of | Cranes |
| a siege of | Cranes |
| a sledge of | Cranes |
| a swoop of | Cranes |
| a thumping of | Cranes |
| a wedge of | Cranes |
| a flock of (Hooded) | Cranes |
| a pair of (Hooded) | Cranes |
| a wedge of (Hooded) | Cranes |
| a flock of (Lilford) | Cranes |
| a trumpting of (Lilford) | Cranes |
| a kettle of (Sand Hill) | Cranes |
| a sleeze of | Creepers |
| a spiral of (brown) | Creepers |
| a crookedness of | Crossbills |
| a warp of | Crossbills |
| a brood of | Crows |
| a caldron of | Crows |
| a cawcus of | Crows |
| a cawldron of | Crows |
| a cawlection of | Crows |
| a cawroboree of | Crows |
| a clan of | Crows |
| a company of | Crows |
| a congress of | Crows |
| a cowardess of | Crows |
| a cowardice of | Crows |
| a hoard of | Crows |
| a horde of | Crows |
| a hover of | Crows |
| a kine of | Crows |
| a mob of | Crows |
| a murder of | Crows |
| a murmuration of | Crows |
| a muster of | Crows |
| a parcel of | Crows |
| a rookery of | Crows |
| a storytelling of | Crows |
| a cawlection of (American) | Crows |
| an asylum of | Cuckoos |
| a cooch of | Cuckoos |
| a family of | Cuckoos |
| a curfew of | Curlews |
| a flock of | Curlews |
| a game of | Curlews |
| a head of | Curlews |
| a herd of | Curlews |
| a salon of | Curlews |
| a skein of | Curlews |
| a brood of | Cygnets |
Additions to this list are welcome, especially Australian and New Zealand birds. EMAIL: narena@nzbirds.com
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: jaclyn@nzbirds.com if you wish to contribute.