The Nightingale Island finch (Nesospiza questi) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae (formerly in Emberizidae).
Nightingale Island finch | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Nesospiza |
Species: | N. questi
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Binomial name | |
Nesospiza questi Lowe, 1923
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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
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Nesospiza questi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22735345A95108584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735345A95108584.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.