avifauna

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Etymology [edit]

New Latin, from Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin fauna (“animals”), from Latin Faunus (“god of herdsmen”)

Noun [edit]

avifauna (usually uncountable; plural avifaunas or avifaunae)

  1. The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.

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