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Alternative names: Gough Finch; Gough Bunting

Photo by Marc Guyt
Gough Island, southern Atlantic Ocean, March 2006
Rowettia goughensis

Identification

23–26 cm

Distribution

Endemic to Gough Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

From boulder-strewn beaches through most habitats up to around 900m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet includes insects and spiders; seeds and berries.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)

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