Wilkins's finch

Wilkins's finch

Wilkins's bunting, Grosbeak bunting

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Nesospiza wilkinsi

Wilkins's finch (Nesospiza wilkinsi ), also known as Wilkins's bunting or the grosbeak bunting, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. 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.

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The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Australian polar explorer and ornithologist Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins.

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Wilkins's finch habitat map
Wilkins's finch habitat map
Wilkins's finch
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References

1. Wilkins's finch Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkins's_finch
2. Wilkins's finch on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22735949/95121780

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