avifauna

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

/ ˌeɪ vəˈfɔ nə, ˌæv ə /

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

Origin of avifauna

First recorded in 1870–75; avi- + fauna

a·vi·fau·nal, adjective a·vi·fau·nal·ly, adverb

avid, avidin, avidity, avidya, aviemore, avifauna, avigation, avignon, avila camacho, avilés, avionics

The arriero is one of the most interesting members of Cuban avifauna.

The History of Cuba, vol. 5 |Willis Fletcher Johnson
The avifauna of the warm temperate zone thus contains a total of 205 genera.

North America |Israel C. Russell
The avifauna of Almora is very interesting, consisting as it does of a strange mixture of hills and plains birds.

Birds of the Indian Hills |Douglas Dewar
The aridity of western Coahuila restricts, to a large extent, the diversity of the breeding populations of its avifauna.

Birds from Coahuila, Mexico |Emil K. Urban

As with the avifauna of the moors and heaths we shall find that the birds of the mountains are more or less a shifting population.

Among the Birds in Northern Shires |Charles Dixon

avifauna

/ (ˌeɪvɪˈfɔːnə) /

all the birds in a particular region

avifaunal, adjective