Xestospiza: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Xestospiza
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Xestospiza
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Xestospiza
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
Xestospiza in languages:
- English
- Cone-billed and Ridge-billed Finches
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acanthis
- Agraphospiza
- Aidemedia
- Akialoa
- Bucanetes
- Callacanthis
- Carduelis
- Carduelis × Chloris
- Carduelis × Serinus
- Carpodacus
- Chloridops
- Chloris
- Chlorodrepanis
- Chlorophonia
- Chrysocorythus
- Ciridops
- Coccothraustes
- Crithagra
- Drepanis
- Dysmorodrepanis
- Eophona
- Euphonia
- Fringilla
- Haemorhous
- Hemignathus
- Himatione
- Leucosticte
- Linaria
- Linaria × Serinus
- Linurgus
- Loxia
- Loxioides
- Loxops
- Magumma
- Melamprosops
- Mycerobas
- Oreomystis
- Orthiospiza
- Palmeria
- Paroreomyza
- Pinicola
- Procarduelis
- Pseudonestor
- Psittirostra
- Pyrrhoplectes
- Pyrrhula
- Rhodacanthis
- Rhodopechys
- Rhodospiza
- Rhynchostruthus
- Serinus
- Spinus
- Telespiza
- Vangulifer
- Viridonia
- Xestospiza