Pueo, the Hawaiian Owl T-Shirt

Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Pueo occupy a variety of habitats, including wet and dry forests, but are most common in open habitats such as grasslands, shrublands, and montane parklands, including urban areas and those actively managed for conservation. This taxon was first named by Andrew Bloxam (as the species Strix sandwichensis). He saw it in 1825 as the naturalist on board HMS Blonde. Later the owl was reclassified as a subspecies of the Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus). Unlike most owls, Pueo are active during the day, and are commonly seen hovering or soaring over open areas. Their relatively recent establishment on Hawai‘i may have been tied to the rats (Rattus exulans) that Polynesians brought to the islands.