Biology:Nightingale Island finch

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Short description: Species of bird

Nightingale Island finch
Nightingale Bunting Nesospiza questi.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Nesospiza
Species:
N. questi
Binomial name
Nesospiza questi
Lowe, 1923
Nesospiza questi map.svg

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

Wikidata ☰ Q3347218 entry