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The Nihoa Finch (Telespiza ultima) is a bird found in United States. Found in the United States. It eats seeds and nuts, insects and other small invertebrates and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

🏡 Where the Nihoa Finch lives

Found in the United States.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs20%
• 🍎 Fruit20%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants20%
• 🐭 Mammals & birds10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Eric VanderWerf (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), xeno-canto XC144828. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Nihoa Finch

Where does the Nihoa Finch live?

The Nihoa Finch lives in United States. Found in the United States.

What does the Nihoa Finch eat?

seeds and nuts (about 30%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 20%), fruit (about 20%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%), small mammals and birds (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Nihoa Finch endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

More birds from North America

• Pileated woodpecker
• Black-necked stilt
• Bufflehead
• Red-shouldered hawk
• Pied-billed grebe
• Pale-vented pigeon

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.