- Xestospiza
Taxobox
name = Xestospiza
status = EX
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Drepanididae
genus = "Xestospiza"
genus_authority =Storrs L. Olson &Helen F. James The Genus "Xestospiza " is a group of two cone-shaped billed birds, that are described on the basis of fossils. They were possibly insectivores. It contains the following species:**
Cone-billed Finch , "Xestospiza conica" - prehistoric
**Ridge-billed Finch , "Xestospiza fastigialis" - prehistoricReferences
* Storrs L. Olson & Helen F. James, Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. PasseriformesOrnithological Monographs 46 (1991)
External links
* http://www.ornitaxa.com/SM/Fossil/FossilFringilli.htm
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