Nightingale Island finch
| Nightingale Island finch | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Nesospiza |
| Species: | N. questi |
| Binomial name | |
| Nesospiza questi Lowe, 1923 | |
The Nightingale Island finch (Nesospiza questi) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae (formerly in Emberizidae).
It is endemic to Nightingale Island of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago where its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and subantarctic grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Nesospiza questi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
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