Talk:List of collective nouns for birds

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[edit] Collective noun for bulbuls?

I have a question.

What is the collective noun for the bird, Bulbuls? Is there a different noun for them as a happy mated couple or as unmated aggresive individuals? Is there a different noun for different kinds of them?

Patrick Hung

patrick_c_hung@hotmail.com

I always thought a general term for a group of birds was a flock i.e. a flock of geese, a flock of pigeons, a flock of seagulls ;-) or even just a flock of birds. I'm glad someone included the outside link. For some reason I had it in my head that a group of Cardinals (avian variety) was called a College, but I could never find any confirmation, even in my dictionary. For a while, I thought maybe it was because cardinals rarely flock together...but I digress. Anyway, I would guess a flock is a good general term for a group of birds. --Barista | a/k/a マイケル | [[User_talk:Barista|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/Barista|C]] 07:36, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese Counter word

Is this related concept?

[edit] Collateral vandalism on birds pages

A user is repeatedly censoring the collective noun of birds on some pages, at least Lark and Raven. Editors of collective nouns may be interested in chiming in about what I see as unilateral and unencyclopedian vandalism. Issue commented with diffs at User_talk:Jimfbleak#Your_vandalism_on_Raven_and_Lark.

IMPORTANT: I have posted the same message on Talk:Collective_noun so people interested in discussing this issue should probably better post over there rather than here.

-- 62.147.38.149 11:34, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

And my reply is also there, despite the anon not bothering to let me know he was raising this issue.. jimfbleak 12:51, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

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