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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]

 

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