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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Gough Finch* |
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Rowettia goughensis |
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Description (10)
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Gough Finch
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Other Scientific Names
Nesospiza goughensis [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)]
Other Names (World)
Gough Finch, Gough Island Finch, Gough Bunting
Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)
Size
18 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Clarke, 1904)
Habitat
Tussock-grassland, wet heath, fjeldmark, fern-bush and peatbogs. From sea-level - 800 m.
St Helena (B) (NB).
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Gough I, including vegetated offshore stacks, in southern Atlantic.
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Population
Estimated population is 1,000 (2010) and decreasing.
Status CR
Introduced house mouse Mus musculus poses the greatest threat through competition and predation.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Contact call is a 'keet keet' and song is a high, keening whistle.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Sometimes placed in genus Nesospiza, but exhibits affinities also with Melanodera. Morphological and genetic evidence indicate that this species belongs with the Neotropical finches, distant from Old World Emberiza.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Gough Finch see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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