Vastanavis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Early Eocene

| taxon = Vastanavis

| authority = Mayr et al., 2007

| type_species = {{extinct}}Vastanavis eocaena

| type_species_authority = Mayr et al., 2007

| subdivision_ranks = Other species

| subdivision = *{{extinct}}Vastanavis cambayensis
Mayr et al., 2010

}}

Vastanavis is a genus of parrot-like bird that lived in what is now western India in the Early Eocene. It contains two species, Vastanavis eocaena and Vastanavis cambayensis; both are known from the Cambay Formation.{{Cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=Gerald |last2=Rana |first2=Rajendra S. |last3=Sahni |first3=Ashok |last4=Smith |first4=Thierry |date=2007 |title=Oldest fossil avian remains from the Indian subcontinental plate |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24097894 |journal=Current Science |volume=92 |issue=9 |pages=1266–1269 |jstor=24097894 |issn=0011-3891}}{{cite journal | last1 = Mayr | first1 = G. | last2 = Rana | first2 = R. | last3 = Rose | first3 = K. | last4 = Sahni | first4 = A. | last5 = Kumar | first5 = K. | last6 = Singh | first6 = L. | last7 = Smith | first7 = Th. | year = 2010 | title = Quercypsitta-like Birds from the Early Eocene of India (Aves, ? Psittaciformes) | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256079277 | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 30 | issue = 2 |pages = 467–478 | doi = 10.1080/02724631003617357 | bibcode = 2010JVPal..30..467M | s2cid = 85892953 }} Vastanavis was at least semi-zygodactyl, and most likely arboreal.