Palaeospiza

Palaeospiza bella ("beautiful ancient chaffinch") is a bird which was originally considered a passerine but is now included in the Coliiformes.^[2] Palaeospiza bella lived in what is now Colorado in the Eocene and Oligocene.^[1]

Paleospiza Temporal range: Priabonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Coraciimorphae
Order:	Coliiformes
Family:	Coliidae
Genus:	†Palaeospiza Allen, 1878
Species
†Palaeospiza bella Allen 1878