Tyto balearica

Tyto balearica; Temporal range: Miocene-Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Tytonidae
Genus:	Tyto
Species:	†T. balearica
Binomial name
	†Tyto balearica; Mourer-Chauviré et. al., 1980

Last updated March 18, 2025

Tyto balearica is an extinct species of Tyto that lived during the Neogene and Quaternary.

Distribution

Fossils of T. balearica are known from the Balearic Islands.^[1]

References

↑ Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile; Alcover, Josep A.; Moya, Salvador; Pons, Juan (1980). "Une Nouvelle Forme Insulaire d'Efraie Geante, Tyto balearica N. Sp., (Aves, Strigiformes), du Plio-Pleistocene des Baleares" (PDF). Géobios . 13 (5): 803–811. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(80)80060-x.

This prehistoric bird article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[TytoBalearica-1] Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile; Alcover, Josep A.; Moya, Salvador; Pons, Juan (1980). "Une Nouvelle Forme Insulaire d'Efraie Geante, Tyto balearica N. Sp., (Aves, Strigiformes), du Plio-Pleistocene des Baleares" (PDF). Géobios . 13 (5): 803–811. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(80)80060-x.

[1]