Nesospiza is a genus of seed-eating birds in the tanager family Thraupidae found on the Tristan da Cunha archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean.
| Nesospiza | |
|---|---|
| |
| Inaccessible Island Finch (Nesospiza acunhae) | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Nesospiza Cabanis, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Nesospiza acunhae Cabanis, 1873
| |
| Species | |
|
See text | |
Taxonomy and species list edit
The genus Nesospiza was introduced in 1873 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the Inaccessible Island finch as the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek nēsos meaning "island" (i.e. Tristan da Cunha) with spiza meaning "finch".[3] The genus now contains three species.[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| |
Nesospiza acunhae | Inaccessible Island finch | Tristan da Cunha archipelago |
 |
Nesospiza questi | Nightingale Island finch | Nightingale Island of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago |
| Nesospiza wilkinsi | Wilkins's finch | Tristan da Cunha archipelago |
References edit
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1873). "Nesospiza acunhae nov. gen. et spec". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 21: 154–155.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 112.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
 | This article about a tanager is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about Tristan da Cunha is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |