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
- : 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.
Level 5Browse all words →