Convex-billed cowbird

Convex-billed cowbird; Temporal range: Quaternary PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
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Type species
	P. convexa; Miller 1947

Pandanaris convexa is an extinct cowbird genus described in 1947 by Alden H. Miller.^[1]

Physiology

Pandanaris convexa has an upper mandible similar to that of the Tangavius and Molothrus cowbird genera (7.0 mm in length), though its narial opening is approximately 30% larger. In addition, Miller found that the species' internarial bridge was entirely different from other cowbirds and blackbirds. The species has a distinct "even" curvature of its culmen that is not found in any other icterid.

References

^ Miller, A.H. (1947). "A new genus of icterid from Rancho la Brea" (PDF). The Condor. 49 (1): 22–4. doi:10.2307/1364424.

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[miller-1] Miller, A.H. (1947). "A new genus of icterid from Rancho la Brea" (PDF). The Condor. 49 (1): 22–4. doi:10.2307/1364424.

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