Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea
Familia: Thraupidae
Genus: Nesospiza
Species: Nesospiza wilkinsi
Name
Nesospiza wilkinsi Lowe, 1923
Type locality: Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha group.
References
Lowe, P.R. 1923. Note on some Land Birds of the Tristan da Cunha Group collected by the "Quest" Expedition. The Ibis 65(3): 511–528 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1923.tb08110.x Paywall Reference page. Original description p.521
Links
IUCN: Nesospiza wilkinsi (Endangered)
Vernacular names
English: Wilkins's Finch,Grosbeak Bunting
Wilkins's finch (Nesospiza wilkinsi), also known as Wilkins's bunting or the grosbeak bunting, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is restricted to Inaccessible Island (subspecies dunnei) and Nightingale Island (nominate wilkinsi) of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and subantarctic grassland.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Australian polar explorer and ornithologist Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins.[2]
References
BirdLife International (2016). "Nesospiza wilkinsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22735949A95121780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735949A95121780.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 367.
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