Nesospiza
Genus of birds
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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 | |
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| Inaccessible Island Finch (Nesospiza acunhae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Nesospiza Cabanis, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Nesospiza acunhae Cabanis, 1873 | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy and species list
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 | |
