Inaccessible Island Finch (Nesospiza acunhae) | Photos and ID

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Inaccessible Island Finch (Nesospiza acunhae), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Brian Gratwicke, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

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It ranges from 17 to 21 cm (6.7 to 8.3 in) in length and weighs 24 to 49 g (0.8 to 1.7 oz). All subspecies are some shade of olive-green. The call is a repeated series of three to four notes.

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When to see the Inaccessible Island Finch

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Inaccessible Island Finch

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom.

About the Inaccessible Island Finch

The Inaccessible Island finch, also known as the Inaccessible bunting, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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Easily confused with

Nightingale Island FinchNesospiza questiThe Nightingale Island finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Wilkins's FinchNesospiza wilkinsiWilkins's Bunting , also known as the grosbeak bunting, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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