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A group of monkeys is called a troop. Many monkeys use their long tails to help them balance as they leap through trees. Spider monkeys can even hang by their tails.
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What Is a Group of Hawks Called? Kettle
A group of hawks is called a kettle. Below you will find why hawks gather together, fun facts and other animals with the same group name.
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The answer
A group of hawks is called a kettle.
Say the word together, then read two quick facts to remember it.
Kettle
Say “kettle”
A group of hawks is called a kettle. Say it slowly and clap for each part of the word.
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Living together
Being in a kettle helps hawks stay safe, find food and look after their young.
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Fun fact
Hawks have eyesight about eight times sharper than people.
Act it outPretend to be a kettle with friends.
Write itWrite “kettle” and circle the first letter.
Match gameSay an animal, your child says its group name.
Similar animals
More Animal Group Names
Learn these together with the hawk. Tap a name to hear it.
Crustacean
A group of crabs is called a cast. Most crabs walk sideways. They have a hard shell and two strong claws called pincers.
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A group of polar bears is called a celebration. Polar bears have black skin under their thick white fur. They are strong swimmers and hunt seals from the sea ice.
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A group of eels is called a swarm. Eels have long, slippery bodies like snakes, but they are fish. Some eels live in rivers and travel all the way to the sea to lay eggs.
Group: swarm Read eel facts
Quick quiz
Group Name Quiz: Hawk
A tiny game to check what stuck. Read the question out loud and let your little one tap the answer.
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Questions
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Questions About Groups of Hawks
A group of hawks is called a kettle. They ride warm air currents to soar without flapping.
A baby hawk is called an eyas.
Many hawks spend time in kettles, especially to find food or raise babies. Hawks have eyesight about eight times sharper than people.
Hawks eat mice, rabbits, snakes and birds.
Hawks live in every continent except Antarctica.
Many group names are hundreds of years old. People made them up to describe how the animals look, sound or act together.