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Tyto cf. novahollandiae #1

Mussau barn owl

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Holocene?

 

Distribution

Mussau, St. Matthias Islands, Papua New Guinea

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Steadman, David William. (2006). Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Steadman, David W. and Kirch, Patrick V. (1998). Biogeography and Prehistoric Exploitation of Birds in the Mussau Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Emu 98: 13-22.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/20395/tyto-cf-novaehollandiae-mussau

 

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