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avifauna

/ey-vuh-faw-nuh, av-uh/US // ˌeɪ vəˈfɔ nə, ˌæv ə //UK // (ˌeɪvɪˈfɔːnə) //

动物区系,鸟类,动物群,鸟类动物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the birds of a given region, considered as a whole.

Examples

  • 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.