A group of owls is traditionally called a ‘parliament’.

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The literary phrase “a parliament of owls” stems from English folklore and literature, popularized in modern culture by C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia (The Silver Chair) and Geoffrey Chaucer’s 14th-century allegorical poem The Parliament of Fowls. In classical antiquity, the owl was the sacred companion of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and strategic council, cementing the enduring cultural association between owls, solemn assemblies, and scholarly governance.

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