Wilkins's Finch | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Emberizidae |
Genus: | Nesospiza |
Species: | N. wilkinsi |
Binomial name | |
Nesospiza wilkinsi Lowe, 1923 |
The Wilkins's Finch (Nesospiza wilkinsi), also known as Wilkins's Bunting or Grosbeak Bunting, is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is restricted to Inaccessible Island (subspecies dunnei) and Nightingale Island (nominate wilkinsi) of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and subantarctic grassland.