| Pueo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Asio |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | A. f. sandwichensis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Asio flammeus sandwichensis | |
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The pueo (Asio flammeus sandwichensis) is a subspecies of the short-eared owl and is endemic to Hawaii. The pueo is one of the more famous of the various physical forms assumed by ʻaumākua (ancestor spirits) in Hawaiian culture.
- ^ "Asio flammeus sandwichensis. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Asio flammeus sandwichensis". ITIS Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2009-02-16.