What is a Group of Cardinals Called?

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Having a hard time finding a good working link for the photo; see link below:

to True Dough for a picture link that works.

https://birdfact.com/articles/what-is-a-group-of-cardinals-called

What is a Group of Cardinals Called? (Complete List + Why)
Last updated: February 20, 2023



Cardinals belong to the Cardinalidae family, of which there are around 53 species in 14 genera. However, when people think of cardinals, they almost invariably think of the Cardinalis genus, which contains the emblematic Northern cardinal which lives across much of North and Central America.

Cardinals are conspicuous birds, especially when there’s more than one together, so what is a group of cardinals called?

Groups of cardinals are called a few collective nouns, but some of the most common is a college of cardinals, a conclave of cardinals, and a deck of cardinals. Cardinals are named after cardinals in the catholic church, who wear bright red gowns and pointy hats which somewhat resemble the crest atop the bird.

Cardinals aren’t particularly sociable, especially in the case of the territorial Northern cardinal. Even outside of the breeding season, groups of cardinals are relatively small, numbering up to 40 to 60 birds at the most.

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[jmbar2]

1. A Conclave?

[sl8]

2. Yep, that's one of the names. nt

[True Dough]

3. Here you go, sl8

[sl8]

4. Outstandiing, thank you.

If it's OK with you, I'll add that to the OP.

[Sanity Claws]

5. In St. Louis, they're called a team.

[sl8]

6. Ba dum tish. Nice.

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Guess that they're "complete" list wasn't quite complete.

[Alpeduez21]

7. Child molesters? N/t

[soldierant]

8. This is the right time to call it a conclave. It won't be long before more people

will be aware of that term and its original meaning than normally are.

[Harker]

9. The only time I've ever seen two males at the same time was when

I spotted a father giving his son flying lessons.

We seem to always have a pair in upstate New York. I call them Manfred (von Richthofen) and Claudia (Cardinale.) He's an eyecatcher, but she is even more beautiful to me.

So... a Jagdstaffel?