Glaucidium explorator Emslie 1998 (pygmy-owl)

Aves - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Full reference: S. D. Emslie. 1998. Avian community, climate, and sea-level changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida Peninsula. Ornithological Monographs (50)1-113

Belongs to Glaucidium according to S. D. Emslie 1998

Sister taxa: Glaucidium gnoma, Glaucidium passerinum

Type specimen: UF 30185, a limb element (tarsometatarsus)

Ecology: volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Inglis IA (Quaternary of Florida)

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