Margarobyas lawrencii (Sclater & Salvin, 1868)

Bare-legged Owl; Sijú Cotunto

Gymnoglaux lawrencii Sclater & Salvin, 1868, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 327.

Referred material. San Felipe II: right ulna, MNHNCu 75.4809.

Description. This specimen is well preserved and it is indistinguishable from the homologous element in the skeleton of the monotypic Margarobyas lawrencii (Sclater & Salvin, 1868) .

Comments. A common endemic species that inhabits forests of Cuba and Isla de la Juventud (Garrido & Kirkconnell 2011:154). Also very common in cave fossil deposits (Arredondo 1984; Jiménez Vázquez & Valdés 1995; Suárez unpubl. data).