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late pleistocene songbirds of liang bua (flores, indonesia); the first fossil passerine fauna described from wallacea.

passerines (aves: passeriformes) dominate modern terrestrial bird communities yet their fossil record is limited. liang bua is a large cave on the indonesian island of flores that preserves late pleistocene-holocene deposits (∼190 ka to present day). birds are the most diverse faunal group at liang bua and are present throughout the stratigraphic sequence.