Gough Finch

It is endemic to the remote South Atlantic Gough Island which politically belongs to the British overseas territory of Saint Helena. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and subantarctic grassland.

The Gough Finch is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Gough Bunting or Gough Finch (Rowettia goughensis) is a songbird species. .... It was formerly classified as a Vulnerable species by the IUCN. But -> new research has shown that its population has collapsed and it is on the verge of extinction due to the introduced population of house mice (Mus musculus), noted for its unusual aggressiveness competing with the birds for food and eating their eggs and nestlings. Consequently, it is uplisted to Critically Endangered in 2008. More

The Gough Bunting or Gough Finch (Rowettia goughensis) is a songbird species. Traditionally considered a bunting and placed in the family Emberizidae, it is actually neither a bunting nor a true finch, but belongs to a group of finch-like birds or tanager-finches in the family Thraupidae. In particular it shares some plumage characteristics with the South American genus Melanodera which may be its nearest mainland relative. More

* Gough Finch, Rowettia goughensis * Inaccessible Island Finch, Nesospiza acunhae * Nightingale Island Finch, Nesospiza questi * Wilkins's Finch, Nesospiza wilkinsi Incertae sedis: Thraupidae At the end of the list are 9 tanager species I have trouble putting in a definite place on the tree. Beldsoe (1988) showed that Urothraupis belongs with the tanagers, but gives little guidance as to where in the tanagers. More

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About 200 pairs of Gough finch Rowettia goughensis (VU) have been recorded, although recent estimates suggest that there may be 1,000 pairs. Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis (200,000 individuals and increasing), and southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina (about 100 individuals) are the only two native breeding mammals. The former breed at beaches all round the island, while the latter are restricted to the island's sheltered east coast. More