Long-legged bunting
The long-legged bunting (Emberiza alcoveri) is an extinct flightless species of bunting. It was distinguishable by its long legs and short wings, and it inhabited Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. It is one of the few flightless passerines known to science, all of which are now extinct.
| Long-legged bunting Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-Holocene | |
|---|---|
| Hypothetical restoration based on known material and related species | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Emberiza |
| Species: | †E. alcoveri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Emberiza alcoveri Rando, Lopez, and Segui, 1999 | |
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