Virgin Islands Screech Owl (Otus nudipes newtoni)

• last observed in 1980 in Puerto Rico(?)

• tree-dwelling forest carnivore native to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

• disappeared after devegetation(?)

• References:

Williams, J. and Nowak, R.  chapter in The Last Extinction  QH75.L36  1993  pp. 107-139

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