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Stilt-owl; Temporal range: Holocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Strigiformes
Family:	Strigidae
Genus:	†Grallistrix
Species
	Grallistrix auceps; Grallistrix erdmani; Grallistrix geleches; Grallistrix orion

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The stilt-owls (Grallistrix) is an extinct genus of true owls which contains four species, all of which lived on the Hawaiian Islands.

Grallistrix can be loosely translated as "owl on stilts". The genus received this name due to the long legs and terrestrial habits which they evolved in the absence of mammalian predators on their island homes. They fed on smaller birds such as Hawaiian honeycreepers. They were also able to fly, but likely did most of their hunting on the ground, filling the niches occupied by medium-sized predatory mammals elsewhere.

The owls were never seen alive by scientists and are known only from subfossil bones.

Species

Kaua‘i stilt-owl, Grallistrix auceps
Maui stilt-owl, Grallistrix erdmani
Moloka‘i stilt-owl, Grallistrix geleches
O‘ahu stilt-owl, Grallistrix orion

References

Kay, E. Alison (1994). A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands: Selected Readings II. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1659-5.
Ziegler, Alan C. (2002). Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-2190-4.

External links

http://www.extinct.minks-lang.de/7voegel/a.birdsfamilien/strigidae1.htm

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-{{Taxobox
+{{Automatic taxobox
-| name = ''Grallistrix''
+| fossil_range= [[Holocene]]
-| status = Fossil
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| taxon = Grallistrix
+| authority =
-| phylum = [[Chordata]]
+| subdivision_ranks = Species
-| classis = [[Aves]]
-| subclassis = [[Neornithes]]
-| ordo = [[Strigiformes]]
-| familia = [[Strigidae]]
-| genus = '''''Grallistrix'''''
-| genus_authority =
-| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
 | subdivision =
 ''[[Grallistrix auceps]]''<br />
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-The '''stilt-owls''' (''Grallistrix'') are a [[genus]] of [[true owl]]s which contains four species, all of which lived on the [[Hawaiian Islands]] but are now [[Extinction|extinct]].
+The '''stilt-owls''' (''Grallistrix'') is an [[Extinction|extinct]] [[genus]] of [[true owl]]s which contains four species, all of which lived on the [[Hawaiian Islands]].
-''Grallistrix'' can be loosely translated as "owl on [[stilts]]". The genus received this name due to the long legs and presumably terrestrial habits which they [[Evolution|evolved]] in the absence of [[mammal]]ian [[predator]]s on their island homes. They fed on smaller birds such as [[Hawaiian honeycreeper]]s. While they were well able to fly, they may have stalked sleeping birds on foot, or raided [[seabird]] colonies at night.
+''Grallistrix'' can be loosely translated as "owl on [[stilts]]". The genus received this name due to the long legs and terrestrial habits which they [[Evolution|evolved]] in the absence of [[mammal]]ian [[predator]]s on their island homes. They fed on smaller birds such as [[Hawaiian honeycreeper]]s. They were also able to fly, but likely did most of their hunting on the ground, filling the niches occupied by medium-sized predatory mammals elsewhere.
-When the islands were settled by humans since the late 1st millennium AD, the owls presumably rapidly succumbed to the depredations of introduced [[pig]]s and possibly [[Polynesian Rat]]s, as well as [[habitat destruction]] for agriculture. They were never seen alive by scientists, being known only from [[subfossil]] bones.
+The owls were never seen alive by scientists and are known only from [[subfossil]] bones.
 == Species ==
-*[[Kaua‘i Stilt-owl]], ''Grallistrix auceps''
+*[[Kaua‘i stilt-owl]], ''Grallistrix auceps''
-*[[Maui Stilt-owl]], ''Grallistrix erdmani''
+*[[Maui stilt-owl]], ''Grallistrix erdmani''
-*[[Moloka‘i Stilt-owl]], ''Grallistrix geleches''
+*[[Moloka‘i stilt-owl]], ''Grallistrix geleches''
-*[[O‘ahu Stilt-owl]], ''Grallistrix orion''
+*[[O‘ahu stilt-owl]], ''Grallistrix orion''
-== In popular culture ==
-The games [[Pokémon Sun and Moon|''Pokémon Sun'' and ''Moon'']], which feature a setting inspired by the Hawaiian islands, feature the [[Pokémon]] Decidueye, which appears to be based on ''Grallistrix'' due to its long legs. While Decidueye starts as the Grass- and Flying-type Pokemon Rowlet, it loses its Flying-type status for the Ghost type, which may be a reference to ''Grallistrix'' species' possible terrestrial hunting behavior or the genus's extinct status.
 ==See also==
 *''[[Tyto pollens]]''
-*[[Ornimegalonyx]]
+*''[[Ornimegalonyx]]''
-*[[Late Quaternary prehistoric birds]]
+*[[List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species]]
-*[[List of extinct birds]]
+*[[List of extinct bird species since 1500]]
-*[[List of fossil birds]]
+*[[List of fossil bird genera]]
 *[[List of extinct animals]]
 *[[Flightless birds]]
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 *{{cite book
   | last =  Kay
-  | first = E. Alison
+  | first =  E. Alison
-  | title = A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands: Selected Readings II
+  | title =  A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands: Selected Readings II
-  | publisher = University of Hawaii Press
+  | publisher =  University of Hawaii Press
   | date =  1994
   | location =
-  | isbn = 0-8248-1659-5
+  | isbn =  0-8248-1659-5
+  | url-access =  registration
-}}
+  | url =  https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof00kaye
+  }}
 *{{cite book
   | last =  Ziegler
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 ==External links==
 * http://www.extinct.minks-lang.de/7voegel/a.birdsfamilien/strigidae1.htm
+{{Strigiformes|S.|state=collapsed}}
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q292580}}
 [[Category:Extinct birds of Hawaii]]
 [[Category:Holocene extinctions]]
 [[Category:Late Quaternary prehistoric birds]]
 {{strigiformes-stub}}