Inaccessible Island finch | |
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On Inaccessible Island | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Emberizidae |
Genus: | Nesospiza |
Species: | N. acunhae |
Binomial name | |
Nesospiza acunhae Cabanis, 1873 |
The Inaccessible Island finch (Nesospiza acunhae), also known as the Inaccessible Bunting, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae (formerly in Emberizidae).
It is endemic to Inaccessible Island of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago where its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and subantarctic grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.