?Tyto letocarti Balouet & Olson, 1989
New Caledonian barn owl, Letocart’s owl
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Balouet & Olson (1989) tentatively placed this taxon in Tyto. However, it is very distinct from all other taxa within the genus Tyto, and may be placed in a different genus when more comparative material is available (Ibid.).
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
New Caledonia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: NCG 1000
Type locality: "Gilles Cave, 5 km WSW of Boulouparis, west coast of New Caledonia. 21°53' 23"S, 166°00' 15"E."
Paratypes:
NCG 1001
NCG 1002
NCG 1003
NCG 1004
NCG 1005
NCG 1006
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Balouet, Jean Christophe and Olson, Storrs L. (1989). Fossil Birds from Late Quaternary Deposits in New Caledonia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 469: 1-38, 16 figures, 13 tables.
Other references:
Anderson, Atholl, Sand, Christophe, Petchey, Fiona and Worthy, Trevor H. (2010). Faunal Extinction and Human Habitation in New Caledonia: Initial Results and Implications of New Research at the Pindai Caves. Journal of Pacific Archaeology 1(1): 89-109.
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)]
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.