avifauna

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

avifauna (usually uncountable, plural avifaunas or avifaunae)

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

• avifaunal

From avi- +‎ fauna, perhaps borrowed.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.viˈfɑu̯.naː/

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• Hyphenation: avi‧fau‧na
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯naː

avifauna f (plural avifauna's)

1. avifauna, bird fauna; the birdlife of an area
2. A book about bird fauna.

avifauna f (plural avifaunas)

1. avifauna, bird life