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An archaic collective noun for a group of jackdaws is a clattering.. Another term used is train (White 1833); however, in practice, most people use the more generic term flock.. Source(s): http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entr...n archaic collective noun for a group of jackdaws is a clattering.. Another term used is train (White 1833); however, in practice, most people use the more generic term flock.. Source(s): http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entr...
Jackdaw biology. The jackdaw is a highly sociable species outside of the breeding season, occurring in flocks that can contain hundreds of birds . Within flocks there is a strict hierarchy, with a head bird . Occasionally the flock makes 'mercy killings', in which a sick or injured bird is mobbed until it is killed .