Animals / Bird

Snowy owl

Bubo scandiacus · Strigidae

The snowy owl, also known as the polar owl, the white owl and the Arctic owl, is a large, white owl of the true owl family. Snowy owls are native to the Arctic regions of both North America and the Palearctic, breeding mostly on the tundra. It has a number of unique adaptations to its habitat and lifestyle, which are quite distinct from other extant owls.

Where the Snowy owl lives

Recorded in United States of America and Canada (North America).

Most records fall in Ontario, Québec, Minnesota, Alaska, Michigan and Saskatchewan.

See the Snowy owl’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Vulnerable (VU). At risk: it could become endangered. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 299,113 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.