Xestospiza Explained

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

• Helen F. . James . Storrs L. . Olson . 1991 . Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes . . 46 . 46 . 1–88 . 10.2307/40166713. 40166713 .

External links

• Ornitaxa.com: Xestospiza