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Cretan owl
The Cretan owl (''Athene cretensis'') is an extinct species of owl from the Pleistocene of the island of Crete, in the eastern Mediterranean. It was first named by Weesie in 1982.〔(Palaeontological fieldwork done by Dutch-Greek teams ) Retrieved on 2008-08-25〕 In life, it would have been at least two feet tall, and flightless or nearly flightless. The Cretan owl became extinct after humans moved into Crete. ==References==
* ''Faunal Extinction in an Island Society - Pygmy Hippopotamus Hunters of Cyprus (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)'' by Alan H. Simmons and G.A. Clarke (Pg.176)
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