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A mustering of storks, a phalanx of storks (when migrating).
Storks
Swan 🦢
cygnet, flapper.
A bevy of swans
a drift of swans
a herd, eyrar, game, sownder, team, whiteness of swans
a lamentation or wedge of swans, when flying in V formation
a bank of swans on the ground.
cob
pen
Swans
Swift
fledgling, nestling, hatchling, chick.
A flock of swifts.
Swifts
Turkey 🦃
chick, poult.
A raffle or rafter of turkeys, a gang of turkeys.
tom or gobbler (adult male),jake (juvenile male.
hen or jenny
Turkeys
Turtle dove
hatchling, chick.
A pitying or dole/dule of turtle doves.
Turtle Doves
Vulture
chick
A committee, volt or venue of vultures (on the ground), a kettle of vultures (when circling) and a wake of vultures (when feeding together). Includes Turkey Vultures often called “Buzzards” in the USA.