Ornimegalonyx ewingi Suárez, 2020
Ewing’s owl, Búho de Ewing
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Ornimegalonyx species 2 (Tyrberg, 2009:93)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene?
Distribution
Cuba
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Suárez, William. (2020). Remarks on extinct giant owls (Strigidae) from Cuba, with description of a new species of Ornimegalonyx Arredondo. Bull. B.O.C. 140(4): 387-392.
Other references:
Arredondo O (1982) Los strigiformes fosiles del Pleistoceno Cubano. Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales Boletin 37, 33–55.
Louchart A (2005) Integrating the fossil record in the study of insular body size evolution. Monogra; es de la Societat d’Història Natural de les Balears 12, 155–174.
Suárez, William. (2022). Catalogue of Cuban fossil and subfossil birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 142(1): 10-74. https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v142i1.2022.a3
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.