"Finding names to charm birds"(quote) (1 Viewer)

Came across this very interesting article in a copy of our local paper.There have already been several threads re this subject but thought I would post this anyway as there are lots of very interesting collective names.
The article was written by Jenny Holden,who is the conservation officer for the World Owl Trust(and incidentally a BF member) and contributes a weekly item re birds and wildlife.(I do have her permission to quote her sayings.)I found them fascinating.

Charm of GoldFinches
Dissimulation of Blackcaps
Sagaciousness of Owls.
Drift of Snow Buntings
Circus of Puffins
Abattoir of Shrikes
Puddling of Mallard
Romantic Ballet of Swans
Community of Coots
Gulp of Cormorants
Mischief of Magpies
Murder/Caucus of Crows
Academy of Sparrowhawks
Ladle of Dippers
Salon of Curlew
Kettle of Buzzards
Parliament of long-eared Owls.

Does anyone know of any more collective terms for groups of birds and their origin.

Birds Birds in general A flight (in the air), flock (on the ground), volary, brace (generally for gamebirds or waterfowl, referring to a pair or couple killed by a hunter)
Bitterns A sedge
Buzzards A wake
Bobolinks A chain
Chicks (of many species) A brood; clutch
Coots A cover
Cormorants A gulp
Cranes A sedge
Crows A murder, horde
Dotterel A trip
Doves A dule, pitying (specific to turtle doves)
Ducks A brace, flock (in flight), raft (on water) team, paddling (on water), badling
Eagles A convocation
Finches A charm
Flamingos A stand
Geese A flock, gaggle (on the ground), skein (in flight)
Grouse A pack (in late season)
Gulls A colony
Hawks A cast, kettle (flying in large numbers), boil (two or more spiraling in flight)
Herons A sedge, a siege
Jays A party, scold
Lapwings A deceit
Larks An exaltation
Mallards A sord (in flight), brace
Magpies A tiding, gulp, murder, charm
Nightingales A watch
Owls A parliament
Parrots A company
Partridge A covey
Peacocks A muster, an ostentation
Penguins A colony
Pheasant A nest, nide (a brood), nye, bouquet
Plovers A congregation, wing (in flight)
Ptarmigans A covey
Rooks A building
Quail A bevy, covey
Ravens An unkindness
Snipe A walk, a wisp
Sparrows A host
Starlings A murmuration
Storks A mustering
Swallows A flight
Swans A bevy, wedge (in flight)
Teal A spring
Turkeys A rafter, gang
Widgeons A company
Woodcocks A fall
Woodpeckers A descent

Regards

Malky

Thanks,Malky,that is an impressive list.