Inaccessible Island Finch

Inaccessible Island Finch
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
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) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family (formerly in Emberizidae). It is endemic to Inaccessible Island of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and subantarctic grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Nesospiza acunhae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.