Rodriguez Little Owl

The Rodrigues Owl , also known as Leguat's Owl or Rodrigues Little Owl, was a small owl. It lived on the Mascarene island of Rodrigues, but it is nowadays extinct. It is part of the genus of Mascarene owls, Mascarenotus. Like many of the Mascarene land-birds, the genus was a distinct relative to South-East Asian taxa, in this case apparently the Ninox owls of Australasia. However, they evolved to a form more like an Otus little owl, and in accord with a general trend seen in insular owls, their feet were proportionally elongated and they were able to live a more terrestrial lifestyle. It is sometimes assumed that Leguat mentioned this bird in his 1708 description, but this seems to be in error; Julien Tafforet gives a good description in 1726, however. The Rodrigues bird, which Tafforet compared to the petit-duc, the European Scops Owl , was more arboreal than its congeners and fed on small birds and lizards . A monotonous call was given in good weather. Considering the bird's likely relationships as eviden

The Rodriguez Little Owl is classified as Extinct (EX), there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.

The Rodriguez little owl (Athene murivora) is extinct. (Family: Strigidae.) The Little Owl (Athene noctua) is a bird wh… Little Richard - Discography - Musician, born in Macon, Georgia, USA. One of the early and most flamboyant stars of rock 'n' roll, he sang and played piano in church choirs and with gospel groups throughout his childhood, performing in medicine shows on the Southern vaudeville circuit. More