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Tyto letocarti Balouet & Olson

New Caledonian Barn Owl (Tyto letocarti)

The New Caledonian Barn Owl was described in 1989 based on subfossil bones that had been recovered from cave deposits on the island of Grande Terre, New Caledonia. [1]

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References:

[1] J. C. Balouet; Storrs L. Olson: Fossil birds from Late Quaternary deposits in New Caledonia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 469: 18–19. 1989

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edited: 24.04.2019