Ornimegalonyx gigas Arredondo, 1982:47
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Cuba
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Arredondo, Oscar. (1982). Los Strigiformes fosiles del Pleistoceno Cubano. Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales 37: 33-55.
Other references:
Orihuela, Johanset. (2019). An annotated list of late Quaternary extinct birds of Cuba. Ornitología Neotropical 30: 57-67.
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)]