Palaeospiza Explained

Palaeospiza bella ("beautiful ancient chaffinch") is a bird which was originally considered a passerine but is now included in the Coliiformes.^[1] Palaeospiza bella lived in what is now Colorado in the Eocene and Oligocene.

Notes and References

1. Mayr, G. (2001). New specimens of the Middle Eocene fossil mousebird Selmes absurdipes Peters 1999. Ibis, 143(4), 427–434.