Moloka'i stilt-owl (SciiFii)

The Moloka'i stilt-owl (Grallistrix geleches) is a species of true owl (Strigidae) native to Molokai, Hawaii. The Moloka'i stilt-owl was once extinct since the early Holocene, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced to Molokai. The Moloka'i stilt-owl is the largest of the four known species of stilt-owls (Grallistrix), growing to be about 60 cm (1.9 feet) tall. Although it has proportionally short wings it is still capable of flying, and specializes in stalking and ambushing smaller birds like Hawaiian honeycreepers in the dense forests, although it is known to prey on sleeping birds on foot and raid seabird colonies at night. The Moloka'i stilt-owl is a rather solitary animal throughout most of its life except during the breeding seasons. The conservation status of the Moloka'i stilt-owl is Near Threatened due to some habitat loss and, historically, invasive pigs and egg-eating rodents, however, thanks to the conservationists, the invasive pigs and egg-eating rodents have been eradicated from all of the Hawaiian islands and the Moloka'i stilt-owl is a protected species.
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