Tyto cf. novahollandiae #2
New Ireland greater barn owl
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene?
Distribution
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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)]
Steadman, David William. (2006). Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Steadman, David W., White, J. Peter and Allen, Jim. (1999). Prehistoric birds from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea: Extinctions on a large Melanesian island. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 2563-2568.