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The avifauna of Australia is made up of 531 species of breeding land and freshwater birds, and is the smallest numerically of the continents. There is a high degree of endemism. Australia and New Guinea together constitute a distinct Zoogeographic region.
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Keast, A. (1959). Australian Birds: Their Zoogeography and Adaptations to an Arid Continent. In: Keast, A., Crocker, R.L., Christian, C.S. (eds) Biogeography and Ecology in Australia. Monographiae Biologicae. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6295-3_6
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