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Asio flammeus subsp. sandwichensis
(Birds)
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Species description or overview
Hawaiian owl profile
General information about pueo and its vulnerability is provided in the profile from The Hawaii Biodiversity and Mapping Program.
Pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl) 
An overview of Asio flammeus sandwichensis is provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (Hawaii's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, 2005).
Taxonomy & nomenclature
ITIS nomenclature info for Asio flammeus
Nomenclatural information about Asio flammeus is provided by ITIS.
Impacts
What threat do native avian predators pose to Hawaiian honeycreepers? Two cases of predation by pueo
Pueo were observed depredating honeycreepers on two occasions in 2006 and 2007 in the Hanawï Natural Area Reserve on Maui, and the owls may be more of a threat to native birds than previously appreciated (ELEPAIO, 2008).
Cultural uses
O Ka Pueo
The role of the Hawaiian owl as a guardian in Hawaiian culture is described (University of Hawaii, Botany).
Pueo, The Protector
Pueo's role in Hawaiian legends is higlighted in an article in Coffee Times (1998).
Videos
Release of pueo (video)
Video of a pueo that was hit by a car, rehabbed at the Three Ring Ranch Exotic Animal Sanctuary in Kona, and released, is posted on YouTube.
Pueo chant and dance
A hula halau on the Big Island performs a pueo dance as part of a funeral ceremony (YouTube 2009).
Images
Images of Asio flammeus sandwichensis (pueo, Hawaiian owl, short-eared owl) from Hawaii
Online images of Asio flammeus sandwichensis (pueo, Hawaiian owl, short-eared owl) from Hawaii are made available by Forest & Kim Starr.
Distribution
Pueo distribution
Distribution of Asio flammeus sandwichensis is from Hawaii's Birds, by Hawaii Audubon Society.
In the news
Night-flying creatures face a scary future
Native Hawaiian owls, bats, and spiders are threatened with extinction (Star Bulletin, 10/30/2007).
Full-text articles
Causes of owl mortality in Hawaii, 1992-1994
Trauma, apparently from vehicles, was the dominant cause of mortality to barn owls and native pueo in 1992 to 1994 (Journal of Wildlife Disease, 1996).
Other resources
Pueo information from Wikipedia
Pueo's scientific classification and threats to survival are included in the Wikipedia entry.
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