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AI reconstruction of Puerto Rican Barn Owl (Tyto cavatica)AI

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Puerto Rican Barn Owl (Tyto cavatica)
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PRB-0402Strigiformes

Puerto Rican Barn Owl

Lechuza Cavernícola de Puerto Rico

Tyto cavatica

ExtinctIUCN NE · Not assessed or unresolved

The Puerto Rican barn owl (Tyto cavatica) is an extinct barn owl known from Puerto Rico; some treatments consider it close to the Ashy-faced Owl.

FamilyTytonidae
Puerto Rico occurrenceExtinctPrehistoric / subfossil supplement
Primary habitatCaves and inferred island terrestrial habitatsCaves and inferred island terrestrial habitats
Primary dietNot resolved
Average massNot resolvedGlobal trait estimate
MovementNot resolved

Island profile

Catalog scopePrehistoric / subfossil supplement

About the Puerto Rican Barn Owl

This atlas includes Puerto Rican Barn Owl (Tyto cavatica) with atlas status “Extinct” within scope “Prehistoric / subfossil supplement.” Puerto Rico context sources associate it with Caves and inferred island terrestrial habitats.

Conservation

Not assessed or unresolved

Global and Puerto Rico-specific conservation references are kept separate in this compilation.

Global IUCN
NE
Puerto Rico DNER
No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA
No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat
Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat
Caves and inferred island terrestrial habitats
Elevation
Not resolved
Nest
Not resolved
Clutch
Not resolved
Social behavior
Not resolved

Keep exploring

This bird belongs to 8 paths through the atlas.

The complete catalogAll Birds of Puerto Rico402 birds →Extinction archiveLost Endemic Birds8 birds →Found nowhere elsePuerto Rico's Endemic Birds27 birds →Birds by habitatCliff & Cave Birds13 birds →ConservationNot assessed or unresolved Birds15 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoExtinct & Prehistoric Birds9 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoHistorical Birds14 birds →Bird familyBarn-Owls (Tytonidae)2 birds →

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Evidence trail

Sources, media & further reading

Wikipedia in English↗Media source · inaturalist.org↗Source record 1↗Source record 2↗Source record 3↗Source record 4↗Source record 5↗

Research note: Fossil/subfossil taxon; not part of the modern Avibase 380 count.