Nesospiza questi — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Thraupidae/Nesospiza

At a glance

Occurrence records57

Data sources6

Biological traits26

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Nesospiza questi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility57 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources26 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF57 records

01Narrative

The Nightingale Island finch (Nesospiza questi) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae (formerly in Emberizidae). It is endemic to Nightingale Island of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago where its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and subantarctic grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth7.2 mm

Beak length (culmen)16.5 mm

Beak length (nares)10.1 mm

Beak width4.6 mm

Body mass35.77 g

⚠ sources differ — AmnioteDB: 35.77 g · AVONET: 28.54 g · EltonTraits: 28.54 g

Body mass (female)35.1 g

Body mass (male)36 g

Hand-wing index20.4

Kipp's distance16.1 mm

Secondary length62.9 mm

Tail length67 mm

Tarsus length23.3 mm

Wing length79 mm

Diet & foraging9

Fruit20 %

Ground70 %

Invertebrate40 %

Midhigh10 %

Plant other10 %

Seed30 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Understory20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatShrubland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleGeneralist

Range size2.47 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type57 records

Wild obs. + sensor43

Museum / vouchered14

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO24 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 2>10 km 1

13 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor43

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 14

14 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence14

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
NHMOlocation not on record	12
New Haven, US	2

2 institutions · 14 of 14 vouchered records shown