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11001-76522 South Island laughing owl (Ninox albifacies) museum mount. About twice the size of of its close relative, the morepork, this long-legged owl looked and behaved quite differently. It was probably extinct before 1892 in the North Island, and gone by about 1930 in the South Island. Although it coexisted with early European settlement, the introduction of mustelids and cats probably brought about its demise *
76516SouthIslandlaughingowlNinoxSceloglauxalbifaciesmuseummountExtinct1892