Nesospiza facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Nesospiza |
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| Inaccessible Island Finch (Nesospiza acunhae) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Nesospiza Cabanis, 1873 |
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| Nesospiza acunhae Cabanis, 1873
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Nesospiza is a genus of seed-eating birds in the tanager family Thraupidae found on the Tristan da Cunha archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Nesospiza was introduced in 1873 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the Inaccessible Island finch as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek nēsos meaning "island" (ie Tristan da Cunha) with spiza meaning "finch". The genus now contains three species.
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Nesospiza acunhae | Inaccessible Island finch | Tristan da Cunha archipelago |
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Nesospiza questi | Nightingale Island finch | Nightingale Island of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago |
| Nesospiza wilkinsi | Wilkins's finch | Tristan da Cunha archipelago |
See also
In Spanish: Nesospiza para niños
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