Tyto robusta (SciiFii)

The robust barn owl (Tyto robusta) is a species of barn-owl that originally lived at what is now Monte Gargano in Italy (which was an island throughout much of the Neogene when sea levels were higher) and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced throughout the modern forests, wetlands, and open woodlands across Europe to help boost biodiversity. The robust barn owl is about 60% longer than a barn owl, giving a total length of about 50–65 centimeters. The robust barn owls usually lives in sheltered places to roost during the day, but the nesting robust barn owls prefers crevices or hollows, and those of sufficient size is more plentiful in the broken ground than in the smallish trees. Like some other barn-owls, the robust barn owls in some islands are ground-nesters. The robust barn owl is a carnivore that prefers to hunt prey slightly or much smaller than itself, including rodents, lagomorphs, shrews, moles, mustelids, plesiadapiforms, small primates, calves of deer, sheep, goats, and other ungulates. The conservation status of the robust barn owl is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the robust giant owl's wide range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
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