Owl Judging from this, the Late Miocene remains from France described as ""Ardea" aureliensis" should also be restudied. The Messelasturidae, some of which were initially believed to be basal Strigiformes, are now generally accepted to be diurnal birds of prey showing some convergent evolution towards owls. The taxa often united under "Strigogyps" were formerly placed in part with the owls, specifically the Sophiornithidae; they appear to be Ameghinornithidae instead. For fossil species and paleosubspecies of extant taxa, see the genus and species articles. Unresolved and basal forms (all fossil) Fossil genera Placement unresolved Extinct Genus Fossil genera Placement unresolved Among the
Killing Birds Soavi, who had direted "Stage Fright" for him in 1987, to direct "Killing Birds" next. However, Soavi chose to direct "The Church" instead when "Lamberto Bava" decided not to do it as part of his "Demons" series. Soavi's assistant director on "Stage Fright", Claudio Lattanzi, was used as director for "Killing Birds". There are differing testimonies as to how D'Amato and Lattanzi shared in directing the film: The film was released theatrically in Italy through "DMV distribuzione" in 1988 under the English title "Killing Birds" and later on home video: on VHS by "Magnum 3B" under the title "Killing Birds: