VulnerableSnowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus
8 countries6 parks
Species group · Birds
WAnimals has 10 species of owl, in the family Strigidae.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
2 species in this group are in a threatened category according to the IUCN.
Recorded in 142 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Its clutch size swings sharply with the abundance of lemmings, reaching as many as 11 eggs in a boom year.
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It feeds mainly on lemmings and other small rodents, supplemented with waterbirds.
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It lives on the Arctic tundra of North America and Eurasia, moving south in winter.
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It is one of the largest and most powerful owls in the world.
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The striking "tufts" on its head are not ears but decorative feathers.
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Its real ears are hidden and set asymmetrically, which lets it pinpoint sounds precisely.
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One of the few owls that hunts by day and nests on the ground, in the grass.
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It is one of the owls that has travelled furthest: it colonised Hawaii, the Galápagos, the Falkland Islands and dozens of oceanic islands under its own steam, and on some of them gave rise to subspecies or species of their own.
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Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 10.
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