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The complete list of Rare Finches as listed by Birdlife International in their publication titled :
Threatened Birds of the World

- AFRICA - ASIA - AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALASIA - CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
- EUROPE - NORTH AMERICA - OTHER REGION

AFRICA
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	Anambra Waxbill Estrilda poliopareia	Nigeria	999-250	Vulnerable	597
	Bannerman's Weaver Ploceus bannermani	Nigeria	10000-down	Vulnerable	601
	Bate's Weaver Ploceus batesi	Nigeria	2499-1000-down	Endangered	602
	Clarke's Weaver Ploceus golandi	Kenya	4000-2000-down	Endangered	603
	Gola Malimba Malimbus ballmanni	Sierra Leone/Liberia	10000-down	Endangered	606
	Golden-Naped Weaver Ploceus aureonucha	DRC	999-250-down	Endangered	604
	Ibadan Malimbe Malimbus ibadanensis	Nigeria	999-250-down	Endangered	606
	Kilombero Weaver Ploceus burnier	Tanzania	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	603
	Loango Weaver Ploceus subpersonatus	Gabon/Congo/DRC	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	602
	Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra	Mauritius	250-210-down	Critical	607
	Rodrigues Fody Foudia flavicans	Rodrigues	911-1200 up	Vulnerable	608
	Sao Tomé Grosbeak Neospiza concolo	Sao Tome	50	Critical	593
	Seychelles Fody Foudia sechellarum	Seychelles	3260-stable	Vulnerable	607
	Shelley's Crimson-wing Cryptospiza shelleyi	DRC/Rwanda/Burundi/Uganda	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	596
	Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli	Tanzania	2499-1000-down	Endangered	605
	Yellow-legged Weaver Ploceus flavipes	DRC	10000-2500-down	Endangered	605
	Yellow-Throated Serin Serinus flavigula	Ethiopia	999-250	Vulnerable	592
ASIA
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris	India	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	469
	Green Avadavat Amandava formosa	Asia	10000-down	Vulnerable	597
	Green-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura viridifacies	Phillippines	10000-down	Vulnerable	598
	Grey-banded Munia Lonchura vana	Indonesia	10000-down	Vulnerable	600
	Grey-hooded Parrotbill Paradoxornis zappeyi	China	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	469
	Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora	Indonesia	10000-2500 down	Vulnerable	600
	Rufous-backed Bunting Emberiza jankowskii	Russia/China	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	539
	Rusty-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis przewalskii	China	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	470
	Timor Sparrow Padda fuscata	East Timor/Indonesia	10000-down	Vulnerable	601
	Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata	Japan/Philippines	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	540
	Yellow Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus	India/Nepal	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	604
AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALASIA
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae	Australia	2500- down	Endangered	599
	Pink-billed Parrotfinch Erythrura kleinschmidti	Fiji	999-250	Endangered	599
	Red-eared firetail Emblema oculata	South West			388
	Royal Parrotfinch Erythrura regia	Vanuata	9999-2500	Vulnerable	598
	Star finch Neochmia ruficauda	South West Australia			391
	Yellow rumped mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna	Northwest and northern Australia			432
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	Black-and-tawny Seedeater Sporophila nigrorufa	Bolivia/Brazil	999-250-down	Vulnerable	553
	Black-masked Finch Coryphaspiza melanotis	Peru/Bolovia/Brazil	10000-down	Vulnerable	546
	Black-spectacled Brush-finch Atlapetes melanops	Peru	10000-2500	Vulnerable	544
	Buffy-fronted Seedeater Sporophila frontalis	Brazil/Argentina	10000-2500 down	Vulnerable	551
	Chestnut Seedeater Sporophila cinnamomea	Argentina/Uruguay/Paragua	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	554
	Cinereous Warbling-finch Poospiza cinerea	Brazil	10000-down	Vulnerable	551
	Cochabamba Mountain-finch Poospiza garleppi	Bolovia	4000-400-down	Endangered	550
	Cocos Finch Pinaroloxias inornata	Costa Rica	10000-down	Vulnerable	557
	Cuban Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata	Cuba	999-250-down	Endangered	542
	Entre Rios Seedeater Sporophila zelichi	Argentina	249-50-down	Critical	554
	Grey-winged Inca-finch Incaspiza ortizi	Peru	10000-stable	Vulnerable	548
	Guadalupe Junco Junco insularis	Mexico	100-50-down	Critical	541
	Hooded Seedeater Sporophila melanops	Brazil	50 ?	Critical	552
	Mangrove Finch Camarhynchus heliobates	Ecuador	110-down	Critical	556
	Marsh Seedeater Sporophila palustris	Brazil/Argentina/Uruguay	2499-1000-down	Endangered	553
	Medium tree-finch Camarhynchus pauper	Ecuador	2499-1000	Vulnerable	556
	Pale-headed Brush-finch Atlapetes pallidiceps	Ecuador	32-10-down	Critical	543
	Plain-tailed Warbling-finch Poospiza alticola	Peru	2499-1000-down	Endangered	549
	Red Siskin Carduelis cucullata	Venezuala/Colombia/Puerto Rico	999-250-down	Endangered	594
	Rufous-breasted Warbling-finch Poospiza rubecula	Peru	2499-1000-down	Endangered	549
	Safron Siskin Carduelis siemiradzkii	Ecuador/Peru	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	594
	Sierra Madra Sparrow Xenospiza baileyi	Mexico	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	541
	Slender-billed Finch Xenospingus concolor	Peru/Chile	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	548
	St Lucia Black Finch Melanospiza richardsoni	St Lucia island	999-250-down	Endangered	555
	Tanager-finch Oreothraupis arremonops	Colombia/Equador	10000-down	Vulnerable	545
	Temminck's Seedeater Sporophila falcirostris	Brazil/Paraguay/Argentina	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	552
	Tucaman Mountain-finch Poospiza baeri	Argentina/Bolovia	10000-2500-down	Vulnerable	550
	Tumaco Seedeater Sporophila insulata	Colombia	999-250-down	Critical	555
	Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni	Mexico	120-100-down	Endangered	542
	Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata	Argentina/Uruguay	10000-2500	Vulnerable	545
	Yellow-faced Siskin Carduelis yarrellii	Venezuala	10000-down	Vulnerable	593
	Yellow-green Finch Pselliophorus luteoviridis	Panama	10000-stable	Vulnerable	544
	Yellow-headed Brush-finch Atlapetes flaviceps	Colombia	999-250-down	Endangered	543
EUROPE
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina	Azores islands (Portugal )	296-157	Endangered	596
	Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea	Canary islands (Spain )	2740-1800	Conservation Dependant	627
NORTH AMERICA
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	'Akeke'e Loxops caeruleirostris	Hawaiian Islands	5066	Endangered	583
	Akepa Loxops coccineus	Hawaiian Islands	14000 Down	Endangered	583
	Laysan Finch Telespiza cantans	Hawaiian Islands	20000-5000	Vulnerable	576
	Maui Parrotbill Pseudonestor xanthophrys	Hawaiian Islands	500	Critical	578
	Nihoa Finch Telespiza ultima	Hawaiian Islands	6686-946	Critical	576
	O'U Psittirostra psittacea	Hawaiian Islands	50	Critical	577
	Palila Loxioides bailleui	Hawaiian Islands	5685-1584	Endangered	577
OTHER REGION
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	Gough Bunting Rowettia goughensis	Tristan da Cunha	3000	Vulnerable	546
	Grosbeak Bunting Nesospiza wilkinsi	Tristan da Cunha	500	Vulnerable	547
	Socotra Bunting Emberiza socotrana	Yemen	2499-1000	Vulnerable	540
	Tristan Bunting Nesospiza acunhae	Tristan da Cunha	30000	Vulnerabe	547

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