The name of the owl is Bubo

Athena .

bubo is only in it like for 2 seconds

go o bubo the mechanical owl on the crate by the gate

In the original clash of the titans Hephaestus was ordered to build a mechanical replica of Bubo as an aid for Perseus. The mechanical owl or Bubo leads Perseus to the Stygian Witches, however the mechanical owl in the new movies is simply a cameo because sam worthington the lead in the movie thought the owl was a ridiculous thing to have in the movie. He thought it would ruin his career with and that it did not deserve to be in our movie.