You select a heritage at 1st level to reflect abilities passed down to you from your ancestors or common among those of your ancestry in the environment where you were born or grew up. You have only one heritage and can’t change it later. A heritage is not the same as a culture or ethnicity, though some cultures or ethnicities might have more or fewer members from a particular heritage.

You are a dedicated nocturnal avian, keeping watch and predating in the most lightless environments. You gain darkvision.

You come from a line of strix with exceptionally broad wings and lengthy talons. You gain a talon melee unarmed attack that deals 1d4 slashing damage. Your talon attack is in the brawling group and has the agile, finesse, and unarmed traits.

Your ancestors originated from a land where food was scarce and threats were many. You are trained in Survival. You gain the Forager skill feat as a bonus feat. Your thoroughness when gathering food provides you a +1 circumstance bonus to Survival checks to Subsist.

You're the descendant of strix who traveled to the coasts. Your feathers are especially water-repellent and sleekly angled for diving, allowing you to catch fish and other prey in the shallows. You are trained in Athletics, and you gain the Underwater Marauder skill feat as a bonus skill feat.

You descend from a talented line of strix storytellers. From the highest mountains and purest landscapes where your lungs fill with glorious clean air, you trill, whistle, and croon sweet songs. While natural sounds make you predisposed to sing, voices make you predisposed to mimicry. You receive a +1 circumstance bonus on Deception checks to Impersonate a mimicked voice, where the sound of the voice is the only factor; if you are a master in Deception, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus instead. You also gain a +1 circumstance bonus on Performance checks to sing; if you are a master in Performance, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus instead.