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Rowettia goughensis (Gough Finch)

Synonyms: Neospiza goughensis; Nesospiza goughensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Gough finch or Gough bunting (Rowettia goughensis) is a songbird species. Traditionally considered a bunting and placed in the family Emberizidae, it is actually neither a bunting nor a true finch, but belongs to a group of finch-like birds or tanager-finches in the family Thraupidae. In particular it shares some plumage characteristics with the South American genus Melanodera which may be its nearest mainland relative.
View Wikipedia Record: Rowettia goughensis

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Rowettia goughensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
59
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.14933
EDGE Score: 4.58893

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  53 grams
Clutch Size [1]  2

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 
Gough Island St Helena (to UK) A1, A2, A4i, A4ii, A4iii  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Gough Island St Helena (to UK)  

Prey / Diet

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1del 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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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