Otus sauzieri Newton & Gadow, 1893
Mauritius owl, Mauritian lizard-owl, Mauritius lizard-owl, Commerson's scops owl (by synonymy)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Mascarenotus sauzieri Newton & Gadow, 1893; Strix sauzieri Newton & Gadow, 1893; Tyto sauzieri Newton & Gadow, 1893; "Tyto" sauzieri (Newton & Gadow, 1893); Strix newtoni Rothschild, 1907:79; Tyto newtoni Rothschild, 1907:79; Otus commersoni Oustalet, 1896; Scops commersoni Oustalet, 1896
Moved to the newly erected genus Mascarenotus by (Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1994). Placed in Otus by (Louchart et al., 2018).
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last Record: 1800-1850 (Tyrberg, 2009:93); 1837; 1840 (Kittelberger et al., 2024)
IUCN status: Extinct
Distribution
Mauritius
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Newton, E. and Gadow, H. (1893). On additional bones of the dodo and other extinct birds of Mauritius Obtained by Mr. Theodore Sauzier. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 13, part 7(1): 281-302, plates 33-37.
Other references:
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