Otus frutuosoi Rando, Alcover, Olson & Pieper, 2013, new species ...

• Main Authors: Rando, Juan Carlos, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Olson, Storrs L., Pieper, Harald
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Aves; Strigiformes; Strigidae; Otus; Otus frutuosoi; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6158471; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6158471

Otus frutuosoi, new species (Figures 2 & 3) Holotype: MCMa 1779.012, complete right tarsometatarsus. Type locality: Gruta de Água de Pau (São Miguel Island, Azores Archipelago). All the material was collected on 28.VIII.2011 by J.C.R and J.A.A. Horizon: Holocene. 1970±40 BP (49 cal BC–125 cal AD) is the 14C age of the dated sample (lab code: KIA– 47427). Status: Extinct. Etymology: The species name honours Gaspar Frutuoso (b. 1522 Ponta Delgada–d. 1591 Ribeira Grande), an early historian and chronicler of Macaronesia, who in the last years of his life wrote the huge work As Sáudades da Terra, in six volumes (not published until 1867). He is considered to be the first great historian of the Portuguese Atlantic islands. Frutuoso provided detailed ornithological information, including a list of the birds of São Miguel (Knecht & Scheer 1972). Paratypes: MCMa 1780.02, complete left tarsometatarsus, proximal part slightly encrusted; IMEDEA 94638, nearly complete right tarsometatarsus, with the trochlea ... : Published as part of Rando, Juan Carlos, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Olson, Storrs L. & Pieper, Harald, 2013, A new species of extinct scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from São Miguel Island (Azores Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean), pp. 343-357 in Zootaxa 3647 (2) on pages 346-353, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/223879 ...