Aves - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Alternative combination: Strix alba
Belongs to Tyto according to G. Ramello et al. 2024
See also Balouet and Olson 1989, Bedetti and Pavia 2013, Bernstein 1965, Broughton 2004, Campbell 1976, Clements et al. 2017, Goodman et al. 2013, Goodman and Ravoavy 1993, Guthrie 1992, Miller and DeMay 1942, Mlikovsky 2002, Morgan 1994, Olson and Hilgartner 1982, Olson et al. 1990, Oswald and Steadman 2018, Salotti et al. 1997, Seguí et al. 1997, Steadman et al. 2015, Steadman et al. 2003, Weesie 1988, Wetmore 1931, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Tyto balearica, Tyto cavatica, Tyto cravesae, Tyto gigantea, Tyto glaucops, Tyto letocarti, Tyto mourerchauvireae, Tyto noeli, Tyto novaehollandiae, Tyto ostologa, Tyto perlata, Tyto pollens
Subtaxa: Tyto alba delicatula Tyto alba gracilirostris Tyto alba pratincola Tyto alba punctatissima
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), the Bahamas (3), Cayman Islands (2), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (2), France (3), Greece (11), Haiti (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (3), Mexico (1), New Caledonia (4), Niue (7), Peru (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), Spain (4), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (30: California, Florida, New Mexico, Texas), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1), Yemen (1)
Total: 89 collections including 90 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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