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avifauna
[ ey-vuh-faw-nuh, av-uh ]
noun
- the birds of a given region, considered as a whole.
avifauna
/ ˌeɪvɪˈfɔːnə /
noun
- all the birds in a particular region
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Derived Forms
- ˌaviˈfaunal, adjective
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Other Words From
- avi·faunal adjective
- avi·faunal·ly adverb
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Example Sentences
The avifauna of the warm temperate zone thus contains a total of 205 genera.
Of these no fewer than fifteen occur in New Zealand—a country not characterised by a large avifauna.
Some of the similarities to the Ethiopian and the great differences from the Australian avifauna have already been pointed out.
The breeding avifauna of Kansas has received intermittent attention from zoologists for about 75 years.
Udvardy found this group to represent 15 per cent of the North American avifauna.
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