Xestospiza Temporal range: Early Holocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	† Xestospiza Olson & James, 1991
Species
Xestospiza conica Xestospiza fastigialis

Xestospiza is an extinct genus of containing two species of Hawaiian honeycreeper with cone-shaped bills that were described on the basis of bones. They were possibly insectivores. It consists of the following:

• Cone-billed finch ( Xestospiza conica ) – prehistoric
• Ridge-billed finch ( Xestospiza fastigialis ) – prehistoric

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): 1–88. doi:10.2307/40166713. JSTOR   40166713.

External links

• Ornitaxa.com: Xestospiza

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