Xestospiza conica
| Xestospiza conica | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Drepanidinae |
| Genus: | Xestospiza Storrs L. Olson & Helen F. James |
| Species: | Xestospiza conica Storrs L. Olson & Helen F. 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]
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.
Further reading
- A Natural history of the Hawaiian Islands: selected readings II. [Honolulu]: University of Hawaii Press. 1994. ISBN 0-8248-1659-5.