Xestospiza conica

Xestospiza conica
Temporal range: Early Holocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: †Xestospiza
Species:
†X. conica
Binomial name
†Xestospiza conica
Olson & James, 1991

Xestospiza conica is an extinct species of bird with a cone-shaped bill that was described on the basis of fossils. It was possibly an insectivore, populating the Hawaiian Island of Kauai.[1]

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References

  1. ^ James, Helen F.; Olson, Storrs L (1991). "Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes". Ornithological Monographs. 46 (46): 1–92 (53–54). doi:10.2307/40166713. hdl:10088/1746. JSTOR 40166713.

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