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Xestospiza conica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Suborder
  
Passeri

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passeriformes

Family
  
Fringillidae

Similar
  
Chloridops, Telespiza, Kona grosbeak

Xestospiza 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.

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Xestospiza conica Wikipedia