avifauna

[ey-vuh-faw-nuh, av-uh]

noun

1. the birds of a given region, considered as a whole.

avifauna

/ ˌeɪvɪˈfɔːnə /

noun

1. all the birds in a particular region

Other Word Forms

• avifaunal adjective
• avifaunally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of avifauna¹

First recorded in 1870–75; avi- + fauna

Example Sentences

Dr Manish Chandi, a social ecologist, says the project will also affect saltwater crocodiles and the island’s water monitors, fish and avifauna.

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"Decline of the North American avifauna," a study released on Thursday in the journal Science, found that the continent has seen a net loss of 2.9 billion birds since 1970.

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Aeronautics, dinosaur locomotion and migration have all drawn hugely from the study of avifauna, and human culture has embraced the winged beasts as a potent metaphor for transformation.

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That group is effectively a death squad for songbirds, killing an estimated 4 billion US avifauna a year; globally, island cats drive 14% of vertebrate extinctions.

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The high number of species and the ecological diversity observed in the Messel avifauna resembles that of a modern tropical forest.

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