Tyto cravesae Suárez and Olson 2015 (Craves's giant barn owl)

Aves - Strigiformes - Tytonidae

Full reference: W. Suárez and S. L. Olson. 2015. Systematics and distribution of the giant fossil barn owls of the West Indies (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae). Zootaxa 4020:533-553

Belongs to Tyto according to W. Suárez and S. L. Olson 2015

Sister taxa: Tyto alba, Tyto balearica, Tyto cavatica, Tyto gigantea, Tyto glaucops, Tyto letocarti, Tyto mourerchauvireae, Tyto noeli, Tyto novaehollandiae, Tyto ostologa, Tyto perlata, Tyto pollens

Type specimen: MNHNCu 75.590, a set of postcrania

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tyto cravesae in the database

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