A NEW SPECIES OF OWL OF THE GENUS BUBO FROM THE PLEISTOCENE OF CUBA (AVES, STRIGIFORMES)

Authors
ARREDONDO O OLSON SL
Citation
O. Arredondo et Sl. Olson, A NEW SPECIES OF OWL OF THE GENUS BUBO FROM THE PLEISTOCENE OF CUBA (AVES, STRIGIFORMES), Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 107(3), 1994, pp. 436-444
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
107
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
436 - 444
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1994)107:3<436:ANSOOO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Bubo osvaldoi, new species, is described from three bones from a Pleis tocene cave deposit in the Sierra de Galeras, Pinar del Rio, western C uba, with two additional paratypes referred from Baire in the province of Santiago de Cuba, in the eastern part of the island. The species i s the only representative of the genus Bubo and the tribe Bubonini in the Antilles and in size was larger than any living owl.