Biology:Vangulifer
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Vangulifer is an extinct genus containing two species of Hawaiian honeycreeper known as 'shovel-billed finches'. It is known from sub-fossil remains found on Maui. They may have been insectivores, using their flat, rounded bills to catch flying insects in the air.[1]
Species
- Vangulifer mirandus - prehistoric
- Vangulifer neophasis - prehistoric
Taxonomy
Vangulifer was first described in 1991 by Olson & James from sub-fossil remains discovered in 1988 in lava tubes on the southern slopes of Haleakala volcano.[1] Because of a lack of DNA evidence, the placement of Vangulifer is uncertain, though some phylogenetic analyses have shown that it may be most closely related to Paroreomyza and Oreomystis.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. http://sora.unm.edu/node/170.
- ↑ James, Helen F. (2004). "The osteology and phylogeny of the Hawaiian finch radiation (Fringillidae: Drepanidini), including extinct taxa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141 (2): 240–241. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00117.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
Wikidata ☰ Q15852437 entry
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