Xestospiza fastigialis

Xestospiza fastigialis
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 fastigialis is an extinct species of bird with a ridge-shape bill that was described on the basis of fossils. It was possibly an insectivore, populating the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu, Molokai and Maui.[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.

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