This book contains a long list of collective nouns for animals, and it has, of course, a murder of crows though without any explanation. In the 15th century, there was a fad for terms of venery (an archaic word for hunting) or names for groups of game animals. It is also known by the title “ The Book of Hawking, Hunting, and Blasing of Arms“. In 1486 AD, St Albans Press in England printed The Book of Saint Albans (or Boke of Seynt Albans). They gather in large numbers at food sources and attractive dumpsters. They roost as a community consisting of hundreds of birds usually on large trees. They are territorial, especially during the nesting season. Here is a list of collective nouns used rarely for a flock of crows: horde, hover, mob, muster, parcel, storytelling and murder.įor most of the year, the crows are affable, wary and intelligent. New research proves crows are gregarious, caring and one among the smartest creatures on the planet. The black feathers of the crow frighten some people who associate them with death. Crows are most often associated with a long tradition of fear and paranoia. Farmers consider the crows as pests and try to protect their crops and seedlings from them. They are noisy, precocious, smart, and their intelligence never ceases to amaze us. Murder of crows A murder of crows ()Ĭrows are members of the Corvidae family which includes ravens, magpies, and blue jays. A few that I have come across are plain silly but are familiar to ornithologists. Some flock names are rare, obsolete and seldom-used. Other flock names used include cloud, mass, collection, throng, murmuration, parcel, or dissimulation. Some collective nouns such as flock, colony, fleet, can apply to all bird species. Most of them are descriptive of the group of birds and their behaviour or personalities. There are different collective nouns to describe large groups of different birds. A few days ago, I posted an article How do you call a group of fish? My friend Amir Ganesan Amirthalingam posed the question “ What do you call a group of crows?” And I answered him ” Murder”.
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