#0899 · 🐦 birds

Snowy Owl

🇳🇱 Sneeuwuil ·Bubo scandiacus

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The snowy owl ( Bubo scandiacus ) is a large, white owl of the typical owl family. Snowy owls are native to Arctic regions in North America and Eurasia. Males are almost all white, while females have more flecks of black plumage. Juvenile snowy owls have black feathers until they turn white. The snowy owl is a ground nester that primarily hunts rodents and waterfowl, and opportunistically eats carrion. Most owls sleep during the day and hunt at...

base stats

NL sightings 5iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,706iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).