Snowy Owl
Posted in Owls on March 21, 2018 by macpherc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl
Scientific:
Bubo scandiacus
Order:
Strigiformes
Family:
Strigidae
Genus:
Bubo
Danish : Sneugle
Greenlandic : Uppik
Length: 20.5-27.9 in (52-71 cm)
Weight: 56.4-104.1 oz (1600-2950 g)
Wingspan: 49.6-57.1 in (126-145 cm)
Tero Linjama, XC343145. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/343145.
Blue: Native non breeding
Yellow: Native Breeder
References:
Avibase: The World Bird Database (2018). Bubo scandiacus. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=5B23B360E7DEC4A9
Holt, D. W., M. D. Larson, N. Smith, D. L. Evans and D. F. Parmelee. 2015. Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.10
Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.
Partners in Flight. 2018. Avian Conservation Assessment Database. 2018.