Hispanopedia WikiXestospiza 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.
External links
- ornitaxa.com entry
Categories:
- Hawaiian honeycreepers
- Late Quaternary prehistoric birds
- Extinct birds of Hawaii
- Prehistoric birds of Oceania
- Fossils of the United States
- Holocene extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1991
- Taxa named by Helen F. James
- Fringillidae stubs
- Prehistoric bird stubs