Tyto melitensis (Lydekker, 1891:13)

Maltese barn owl, Malta barn owl

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Strix melitensis Lydekker, 1891:13 (original combination)

Tyto melitensis was synonymized with T. alba by (Mlíkovský, 1998).

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Malta

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Holotype: BMNH 49322

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Lydekker, Richard. (1891). Catalogue of the Fossil Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). London, British Museum XXVII 368 pg.

Other references:

Mlíkovský, Jiří. (1998). A New Barn Owl (Aves: Strigidae) from the Early Miocene of Germany, with Comments on the Fossil History of the Tytoninae. Journal für Ornithologie 139(3): 247-261.

Mourer-Chauviré, C., Alcover, J. A., Moya, S. and Pons, J. (1980). Une nouvelle forme insulaire d'ef-fraie géante, Tyto balearica n. sp., (Ayes, Strigiformes), du Plio-Pleistocene des Baleares. Géobios 13: 803-811.

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.

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