Xestospiza
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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:
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- Cone-billed Finch, Xestospiza conica - prehistoric
- Ridge-billed Finch, Xestospiza fastigialis - prehistoric
[edit] References
- Storrs L. Olson & Helen F. James, Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes
Ornithological Monographs 46 (1991)
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