Nyra Alba is the secondary antagonist of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, serving as the secondary antagonist of the first half and the main antagonist of the second half.
She was a female barn owl (Tyto alba) and both the mate and second-in-command to Kludd (also known as Metal Beak), the mother of Coryn, Noctus and Marella's daughter-in-law, and Soren and Eglantine's sister-in-law.