Safari Animal Congregations: A group of….

February 15, 2009 | Posted by Safari Guide

Photo I took of a Pack of African Wild Dogs at Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa

What do you call a group of…?

I recently wrote an article on Tips for Photographers on Safari. In it I mentioned a group of giraffes that I photographed at a dam in South Africa. Because I did not know the collective term for giraffes, I looked it up – a group of giraffes is known as a Tower! What an excellent term!

So you are on a safari game drive and you come across a Tower of Giraffe, you will now be able to impress all, most likely even the safari guide!

Here are a fem more collective terms for some African wildlife that you may come across on safari:

• A Colony of Ants
• A Herd of Antelope
• A Troop of Baboons
• A Colony of Bats
• A Flock of Birds
  
• A Herd of Buffalo
• A Bask of Crocodiles
• A Convocation of Eagles
• A Herd Elephants
• A Stand of Flamingos
• A Business of Flies
• An Army of Frogs
• A Tower of Giraffes
• A Cloud or Horde of Gnats
• A Cloud of Grasshoppers
• A Sedge or Siege of Herons
• A Bloat of Hippopotamuses
• A Cackle of Hyenas
• A Deceit of Lapwings
• A Leap of Leopards
• A Pride of Lions
• A Plague of Locusts
• A Troop of Monkeys
• A Parliament of Owls
• A Congregation (wing in flight) of Plovers
• A Prickle of Porcupines
• A Crash of Rhinoceroses
• A Nest of Snakes
• A Host of Sparrows
• A Flight of Swallows
• A Knot of Toads
• A Herd of Wildebeest
• A Pack of African Wild Dogs
• A Descent of Woodpeckers
• A Herd of Zebra

If you can think of, or know any more terms for African animal congregations, I would love to hear them, just add them to the comments below.

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