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Nihoa Finch
Telespiza ultima Bryan, 1917
Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
Nihoa Finch, Telespiza ultima, is a finch of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, breeding on Nihoa. It was described by Bryan in 1917. It is one of the two bird species found only on that small island, alongside the Nihoa millerbird. Nihoa forms part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, which gives the species protected land. An effort was once made to establish a colony at French Frigate Shoals to safeguard it if the Nihoa birds were lost, but that attempt did not succeed.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Is.
