Snowy owl
Bubo scandiacus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Bubo scandiacus
- Class
- Bird
- Order
- Owl
- Family
- Strigidae
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Small (under 1 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- North America, Europe, Asia
- Habitat
- Polar regions, Grassland
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Thick feathers cover even its toes and claws, working like snow boots.
- In some winters many fly far south of the Arctic, as far as the northern United States.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q170177 · All animals · All entries