†Grallistrix auceps Olson and James 1991 (long-legged Kauai owl)
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Aves - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Full reference: S. L. Olson and H. F. James. 1991. Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 45:1-88
Belongs to Grallistrix according to S. L. Olson and H. F. James 1991
Sister taxa: Grallistrix erdmani, Grallistrix geleches, Grallistrix orion
Type specimen: BBM-X 150202, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Makewehi Dunes, which is in a Holocene interdune horizon in Hawaii.
Ecology: volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Makewehi Dunes
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