Otus guildayi Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire 1984 (scops owl)

Aves - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Full reference: P. Brodkorb and C. Mourer-Chauvire. 1984. Pleistocene Birds from Cumberland Cave, Maryland. Special Publication of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 8:39-43

Belongs to Otus according to P. Brodkorb and C. Mourer-Chauvire 1984

Sister taxa: Otus flammeolus, Otus frutuosoi, Otus grucheti, Otus guidlayi, Otus lempiji, Otus manadensis, Otus mauli, Otus murivorus, Otus rutilus, Otus sauzieri, Otus scops, Otus trichopsis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland

Ecology: volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Cumberland Cave

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