The phrase "avian population" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the number or characteristics of bird species in a specific area or ecosystem.
Example: "The avian population in the wetlands has seen a significant decline due to habitat loss."
Alternatives: "bird population" or "population of birds".
By Michael Specter September 9, 2016 Genetically modified mosquitoes could be the solution to Hawaii's quickly disappearing avian population, including the island's famous honeycreepers.
It suggested that the virus circulating in the avian population has been evolving into a form less lethal to birds.
Nonetheless, nearly ninety per cent of the Hawaiian native plants that the I.U.C.N. has assessed so far are threatened with extinction, and the avian population is quickly disappearing, too — including the island's famous, melodious, and brightly colored species of honeycreepers.
Some of the more practical winners include two projects from London: birdhouses installed around the city for the Summer Olympics to showcase the avian population, and bee habitats installed on the periphery of the city to lift the species' dwindling population.
Anthropogenic bird foods are frequently credited with affecting avian population dynamics, but few studies have tested this assertion over broad spatial scales.
Results from these long-term studies centered at Hubbard Brook provide a mechanistic understanding of avian population dynamics and community responses.
The birds are banded and released as part of a study of avian populations.
My impression, from earlier visits to Italy, was that its avian populations are pretty much all sub-optimal.
If Cheney gets what she wants — the bill, with her amendment, is awaiting a vote in the House — oil, gas, and turbine companies will no longer be held financially responsible for butchering avian populations.
Those African populations are the last of the large and diverse mammalian and avian populations that once also grazed similar areas of North America, Europe, and Asia.
A citizen scientist can be anyone from a concerned volunteer who samples local water quality several times a year to a dedicated longtime bird-watcher who scrupulously records data on local avian populations.
