Scops commersoni Oustalet, 1896
Mauritian owl
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym of Mascarenotus sauzieri.
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of Mascarenotus sauzieri)
Last record: 1836 (WCMC, 1992:211)
Distribution
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Oustalet, E. (1896). Notice sur la faune ornithologique ancienne et moderne des îles Mascareignes et en particulier de l'Ile Maurice d'après des documents inédits. Ann. Sci. Natur. VIII sér., Zool. 3: 1-128.
Other references:
Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild. (1907). Extinct birds: an attempt to write in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times, that is within the last six or seven hundred years: to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. London: Hutchinson & Co. XXIX + 243 pp. [p. 73-74]
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.
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