New Zealand Birds

11001-76516 South Island laughing owl (Ninox albifacies) museum mount. Probably extinct before 1892 in much the North Island, and gone by about 1930 in the South Island. Although it coexisted with early European settlement, mustelids and cats probably brought about its demise.

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11001-76516 South Island laughing owl (Ninox albifacies) museum mount. Probably extinct before 1892 in much the North Island, and gone by about 1930 in the South Island. Although it coexisted with early European settlement, mustelids and cats probably brought about its demise.

76516 South Island laughing owl Ninox Sceloglaux albifacies museum mount Extinct 1892 closeup close up