Owls

Snowy Owl

Bubo scandiacus

The Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) is a 2.0 kg grassland bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

2.0 kg

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

16

Recorded in United States, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom, Finland, Norway, Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Spain, Estonia, France, China.

Where to see it: Vallée des 7 étangs (Saint Pierre and Miquelon); Étang Frecker (Saint Pierre and Miquelon); Parker River NWR (United States); Toronto · Colonel Samuel Smith Park (Canada); Tommy Thompson Park (Canada).

Photo: (c) Marie Hosch, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist