Gough Island is the least-disturbed major cool temperate island ecosystem in the South Atlantic, and one of the most important seabird colonies in the world. Over the past decade, the spread and impacts of two species of invasive scale insects have increased steadily, severely affecting the Island Tree Phylica arborea woodlands and the endemic large-billed finches Nesospiza spp., which feed extensively on Phylica fruit. The genus Nesospiza was introduced in 1873 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the Inaccessible Island finch as the type species. Ryan) All subspecies use flies as their main source of prey. Ian Abbott. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and subantarctic grassland. It is endemic to Inaccessible Island of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek nÄsos meaning "island" (ie Tristan da Cunha) with spiza meaning "finch". Inaccessible Island is an uninhabited island, characterized by steep cliffs around its entire coastline (that's why it was referred to as "inaccessible"). Inaccessible and Nightingale Islands are uninhabited islands in the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, central South Atlantic Ocean. Finch,_Nightingale_Island Nesospiza questi Found: Nightingale_Island South Atlantic Image by: 1) Otto_Plantema Finch,_Wilkins's Nesospiza wilkinsi Found: Inaccessible_Island and Nightingale_Island of South Atlantic Image by: 1) Peter_Ryan Genus Piezorina - 1 species Nesospiza acunhae acunhae (coastal Inaccessible I.) The island is scenically beautiful with spectacular sea cliffs round much of the coastline. They Inaccessible Island finch eats mainly seeds and insects. Taxonomy and species list. Stamps showing Inaccessible Island Finch Nesospiza acunhae: Distribution map for Inaccessible Island Finch, range. Finches also used to be found on the main Tristan island, but they had died out by the 1860s, probably due to the introduction of rodents and cats. Nesospiza acunhae dunnei (coast and e interior of Inaccessible I.) Subspecific information 3 subspecies. The territory consists of the inhabited island, Tristan da Cunha, which has a diameter of roughly 11 km and an area of 98 km2, and the wildlife reserves of Gough Island and Inaccessible Island and the smaller, uninhabited Nightingale Islands. The Inaccessible Island Finch (Nesospiza acunhae) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family (formerly in Emberizidae). Inaccessible Island Finch IOC v10.2: 10802 birdtheme SpecID 2448 Links will open countrypage in new window Tristan da Cunha 03.01.1979 Wildlife conservation 4v set. Inaccessible Island Finch (Nesospiza acunhae) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. As its name suggests, the Upland Inaccessible Finch (N. a. fraseri) populates the island's plateau, whereas the Lowland Inaccessible Finch (N. a. acunhae) lines in the Spartina tussock grass. ... Finch species that occur alone on an island or on an island where other finch species are rare have longer characters and more variable character distributions. It is threatened by habitat loss. Two endemic land birds are found: the Gough moorhen and the Gough finch. The significance of morphological variation in the finch species on Gough, Inaccessible and Nightingale Islands, South Atlantic Ocean. Inaccessible Island Finch Nesospiza acunhae : 10p: 63: Cape Petrel Daption capense : 15p: 30: Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri : 20p: 63: Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli : 25p: 53: Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus : 35p: 63: Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera : 1£ 63: Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata : 2£ 63 It supports 10% of the global population of Northern Rockhopper Penguins and is the most important breeding site for Great Shearwaters. Nesospiza acunhae fraseri (interior Inaccessible I.) It is also largely pristine and is one of the few temperate oceanic islands without introduced mammals. The genus now contains three species.