Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Typical Owls :: Snowy Owl

Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Snow Owl
Old scientific name(s): Bubo scandiaca, Bubo scandiaca, Nyctea scandiaca

Photographs

Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA - Mar 1, 2003 © Glen Tepke  Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA - Mar 1, 2003 © Glen Tepke  Clinton County, Ohio, USA - Dec, 2002 © Erich Baumgardner  Clinton County, Ohio, USA - Dec, 2002 © Erich Baumgardner  Clinton County, Ohio, USA - Dec, 2002 © Erich Baumgardner 
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Range

Circumpolar in the Holarctic;
N. Greenland, Iceland, Shetland Is. (formerly), Spitsbergen (Svalbard) and in w. and n. Scandinavia e. through n. Russia and n. Siberia to the Chukotski Peninsula, Anadyrland, n. Koryalkand, Commander Is. and Hall Is. W. Aleutians across n. Alaska and n. Canada in the n. Yukon, Banks Is., Prince Patrick Is., n. Ellesmere Is. s. to coastal w. Alaska, n. Mackenzie, x. Keewatin, ne. Manitoba, Southampton Is., Belcher Is., n. Quebec and n. Labrador.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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