Bubo insularis Mourer-Chauviré & Weesie, 1986:198
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Considered a synonym of Bubo zeylonensis lamarmorae by (Mlíkovský, 2002, 2003).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Corsica and Sardinia, Italy
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile and Weesie, Peter D. M. (1986). Bubo insularis n. sp., forme endémique insulaire de grand-duc (Aves, Strigiformes) du Pléistocène de Sardaigne et de Corse. Revue de Paléobiologie 5(2): 197-205. [French with English abstract]
Other references:
Alcover, J. A., Florit. F., Mourer-Chauviré, C. and Weesie, P. D. M. (1992). The avifaunas of the isolated Mediterranean Islands during the middle and late Pleistocene. Los Angeles County Mus Nat Hist Sci Ser 36: 273-283.
Louchart A (2002) Les oiseaux du Pléistocène de Corse et de quelques localités Sardes. Ecologie, évolution, biogéographie et extinctions. Documents des Laboratoires de Geologie, Lyon 155, 1–287.
Mlíkovský, Jiří. (2002). Cenozoic Birds of the World, Part 1: Europe. Prague/Praha: Ninox Press.
Mlíkovský, Jiří. (2003). Brown Fish Owl (Bubo zeylonensis) in Europe: past distribution and taxonomic status. Buteo 13: 61-65.
Pavia, M. (1999). Un cranio di Bubo insularis Mourer-Chauviré & Weesie, 1986 (Aves, Strigidae) nelle brecce ossifere del Pleistocene di Capo Figari (Sardegna, Italia). Atti Accad. Sci. Torino 133: 127-136.
Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.
Vigne J-D, Bailon S, and Cuisin J (1997) Biostratigraphy of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals in Corsica and the role of man in the Holocene faunal turnover. Anthropozoologica 25-26: 587-604.