Tyto ostologa Wetmore, 1922:2
Hispaniolan barn owl
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Haiti, Hispaniola
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wetmore, Alexander. (1922). Remains of Birds from Caves in the Republic of Haiti. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection 74(41): 1-4.
Other 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)]
Suárez, William and Olson, Storrs L. (2015). Systematics and distribution of the giant fossil barn owls of the West Indies (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae). Zootaxa 4020(3): 533-553.
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.
Wetmore, Alexander and Swales, Bradshaw H. (1931). The Birds of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 1-484. [Relevant pages]