The São Miguel scops owl was wiped out arrival of humans in the Azores
Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 08:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
On São Miguel Island in the Azores, there used to exist a small, nocturnal bird of prey, related to the European scops owl, named Otus frutuosoi, which was very probably driven to extinction with the arrival of the first settlers in the 15th century.