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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
20/05/2024 10:36:09 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
CR
Nihoa Finch*
Id (Atlas):
Telespiza ultima
Description (10 )
Nihoa Finch
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Other Scientific Names
Telespyza ultima [Collar and Andrew (1988)]
Other Names (World)
Nihoa Finch, Nioha Honeycreeper
Family
Fringillidae (Finches)
Size
17 cm
First Described (Guide )
Bryan, 1917
Habitat
Low shrubs and grasses.
USA (B).
Nihoa, in north-western Hawaiian Is.
 
Population
Estimated population is 2,100 - 3,550 (2010) and fluctuating.
Status CR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Food
Invertebrates, seeds, other plant parts and eggs.
Voice
Song is lively and complex, somewhat canary-like. Call a loud chirp.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)... )
Listen to XC144829
Nihoa Finch (Telespiza ultima ) [XC144829 ]
by Eric VanderWerf from Nihoa Island, Hawaii, United States (song)
Listen to XC144828
Nihoa Finch (Telespiza ultima ) [XC144828 ]
by Eric VanderWerf from Nihoa Island, Hawaii, United States (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus sometimes subsumed into Loxioides and has been included in Psittirostra . Probably forms a superspecies with Laysan Finch (Telespiza cantans ), and formerly considered conspecific.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Nihoa Finch see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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