| a cry of | Macaws |
| a family of | Macaws |
| a pair of | Macaws |
| an endangerment of (Spinx’s) | Macaws |
| a charm of | Magpies |
| a congregation of | Magpies |
| a flock of | Magpies |
| a gulp of | Magpies |
| a mischief of | Magpies |
| a murder of | Magpies |
| a tiding of | Magpies |
| a tidings of | Magpies |
| a tittering of | Magpies |
| a tribe of | Magpies |
| a slow comeback of (Seychelles) | Magpie Robin |
| a badelyng of | Mallards |
| a badelynge of | Mallards |
| a badling of | Mallards |
| a battling of | Mallards |
| a bed of | Mallards |
| a brace of | Mallards |
| a brood of | Mallards |
| a bunch of | Mallards |
| a coil of | Mallards |
| a company of | Mallards |
| a daggle of | Mallards |
| a doppling of | Mallards |
| a flock of | Mallards |
| a fleet of | Mallards |
| a flight of | Mallards |
| a flush of | Mallards |
| a knob of | Mallards |
| a leash of | Mallards |
| a little knob of | Mallards |
| a lute of | Mallards |
| a paddle of | Mallards |
| a paddling of | Mallards |
| a plump of | Mallards |
| a pryde of | Mallards |
| a puddling of | Mallards |
| a raft of | Mallards |
| a safe of | Mallards |
| a skein of | Mallards |
| a smeath of | Mallards |
| a sord of | Mallards |
| a sorde of | Mallards |
| a sore of | Mallards |
| a sort of | Mallards |
| a suce of | Mallards |
| a suite of | Mallards |
| a sword of | Mallards |
| a team of | Mallards |
| a trip of | Mallards |
| a waddling of | Mallards |
| a display of | Mannikins |
| a storefront of | Mannikins |
| a circlage of | Martins |
| a flight of | Martins |
| a gulp of | Martins |
| a richness of | Martins |
| a swoop of | Martins |
| a colony of (Purple) | Martins |
| a colony of (Sand) | Martins |
| a pod of | Meadowlarks |
| a brace of | Merlins |
| a leash of | Merlins |
| a cast of | Merlins |
| an illusion of | Merlins |
| a leash of | Merlins |
| an extinction of | Moa(s) |
| an echo of | Mockingbirds |
| an exactness of | Mockingbirds |
| an impression of | Mockingbirds |
| a plagiary of | Mockingbirds |
| a precision of | Mockingbirds |
| a ridicule of | Mockingbirds |
| a plump of | Moorhens |
| a haunting of | Moreporks |
| a fleet of | Mudhens |
| a bazaar of | Murres |
| a fragrance of | Murres |
| a local of | Mynahs |
| a statutory of | Mynas |
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.