Xestospiza conica
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Xestospiza conica Temporal range: Early Holocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | †Xestospiza |
Species: | †X. conica
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Binomial name | |
†Xestospiza conica |
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]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- A Natural history of the Hawaiian Islands: selected readings II. [Honolulu]: University of Hawaii Press. 1994. ISBN 0-8248-1659-5.
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