avifauna
- noun
- /ˌeɪvəˈfɔːnə/
- Specialized
- The avifauna also contains important diversity.
Examples
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Miller, A.H. 1951. A comparison of the avifaunas of Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands, California. Condor 53: 117-123.
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Michael Steinberg (1998, 1150) suggested that gardens are a good landscape for conservation biology studies, arguing that "the kitchen garden provides important habitat for Neotropical avifauna."
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It supports a rich avifauna, comprising about 350 breeding land and freshwater birds.
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Our goals in this article are to review the threatened and endangered Hawaiian avifauna and their threats and population status and to provide an assessment of the likelihood of delisting with or without those species having conservation-reliant status.
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After mosquitoes were introduced on the Hawaiian Islands, avian malaria catastrophically reduced the native avifauna (van Riper et al. 1986).
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Saving Hawaii's remaining endemic bird species will require a broader coalition of public and private conservation partners willing to commit to the long-term management necessary to sustain Hawaii's endemic avifauna in a changing world.
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Gaither JC. 1994. Understory avifauna of a Bornean peat swamp forest: Is it depauperate? Wilson Bulletin 106: 381-390.
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The region is famous for its diverse avifauna, including many unique species that attract birdwatchers from all over.
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Scientists are studying the avifauna of the Amazon rainforest to understand its ecological importance.
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Conservation efforts are essential to protect the avifauna of the Galapagos Islands from invasive species.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Avifauna comes from the Latin word avis 'bird' and the familiar word fauna 'animals', so it names the birds of a place or time. Think of aviary or avian, which also come from avis, to remember that avifauna means the bird life of a region.