Dictionary Definition
avifauna n : the birds of a particular region or
period
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
Extensive Definition
The term avifauna can be used in one of two
senses:
- to mean "bird fauna" i.e. the bird species found in a particular geographic region (e.g. "the avifauna of India")
- to refer to a book about the status of the bird fauna of a particular geographic region (see List of country and regional avifaunas). See also Ornithological handbook.
avifauna in German: Avifauna
avifauna in Dutch: Avifauna
avifauna in Polish: Awifauna