Abstract:This paper describes a partial pedal phalanx of an extinct species of barn owl from Guadeloupe. The morphology and size of the bone fragment allow it to be referred to as a giant Tyto without further specification. In addition to the Tyto noeli specimens described from a Quaternary deposit on Barbuda, this remain represents the second occurrence of a giant barn owl in the Lesser Antilles, and is the first record from Guadeloupe. The specimen was recovered from a pre-Columbian midden dated to between the 11th a… Show more
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