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Nesospiza acunhae (Inaccessible Finch)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Nesospiza acunhae

Infraspecies

Nesospiza acunhae acunhae
Nesospiza acunhae dunnei
Nesospiza acunhae fraseri

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Nesospiza acunhae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.03717
EDGE Score: 2.78184
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  35 grams
Forages - Mid-High [2]  10 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  70 %
Clutch Size [3]  2
Incubation [3]  17 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Tristan Da Cunha-Gough Islands shrub and grasslands United Kingdom Afrotropic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gough and Inaccessible Islands World Heritage Site 983232 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, United Kingdom    

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Inaccessible Island St Helena (to UK) A1, A2, A4i, A4ii, A4iii    
Nightingale Island group St Helena (to UK) A1, A2, A4i, A4ii, A4iii  

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0