''Bubo osvaldoi'', also known as the Cuban horned owl, is an extinct species of
horned owl from the
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fin ...
of
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
.
It was described by
Oscar Arredondo and
Storrs L. Olson in 1994 from three bones found in a cave in the
Guaniguanico mountain range in
Pinar del Río. Analysis of these bones indicates that the species was larger than any current owl.
References
Pleistocene birds
Bubo (genus)
Fossil taxa described in 1994
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