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avifauna [ˌeɪvɪˈfɔːnə] n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) all the birds in a particular region avifaunal adj How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And yet, having spent five years trying to establish himself as a businessman and failing, he decided to give himself, at last, to his obsession with painting birds and to an unreserved, make-or-break attempt to publish a complete and life-size catalogue of the new continent's avifauna. The area has a rich avifauna (2,3); >300 bird species, mostly water birds have been observed there. Prompted by the Eagle Protection Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Endangered Species Act, the cooperatives have become proactive in accommodating avifauna by, among other things, increasing the distance between wires so that two contacts can't be made, insulating wires and covering exposed connectors. |
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