Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Albanian | Bufi i borës |
Bulgarian | Полярна сова |
Chinese (SIM) | 雪鸮 |
Croatian | bijela sova |
Czech | sovice sněžní |
Danish | Sneugle |
Dutch | Sneeuwuil |
English | Snowy Owl |
English (United States) | Snowy Owl |
Faroese | Snjóugla |
Finnish | tunturipöllö |
French | Harfang des neiges |
French (France) | Harfang des neiges |
Galician | Bufo nival |
German | Schneeeule |
Greek | Χιονόγλαυκα |
Hebrew | לילית שלג |
Hungarian | Hóbagoly |
Icelandic | Snæugla |
Japanese | シロフクロウ |
Korean | 흰올빼미 |
Latvian | Baltā pūce |
Lithuanian | Baltoji pelėda |
Mongolian | Цэвдгийн ууль |
Norwegian | snøugle |
Persian | بوف برفی |
Polish | sowa śnieżna |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Coruja-das-neves |
Romanian | Bufniță de zăpadă |
Russian | Белая сова |
Serbian | Snežna sova |
Slovak | belaňa tundrová |
Slovenian | Snežna sova |
Spanish | Búho Nival |
Spanish (Spain) | Búho nival |
Swedish | fjälluggla |
Turkish | Kar Baykuşu |
Ukrainian | Сова біла |
Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Definitions
- BUBO
- bubo
- scandiaca / scandiacus
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Authors
Denver W. Holt, Matt D. Larson, Norman E. Smith, Dave L. Evans, and David F. Parmelee
Recommended Citation
Holt, D. W., Matt D. Larson, N. E. Smith, D. L. Evans, and D. F. Parmelee (2020). Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.snoowl1.01
Birds of North America
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Version 2.0
- Revision
- June 4, 2015
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Authors
Denver W. Holt, Matt D. Larson, Norman E. Smith, Dave L. Evans, and David F. Parmelee
Revisors
Denver W. Holt, Matt D. Larson, Norman E. Smith, and Dave L. Evans
Recommended Citation
Holt, D. W., Matt D. Larson, N. E. 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
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Print Version (requires subscription to access)
- January 1, 1992
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Recommended Citation
Parmelee, David. 1992. Snowy Owl. In The Birds of North America, No. 10 (A. Poole, P. Stettenheim, and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington D.C.: The American Ornithologists' Union. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.10.p
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 5, 2017
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Authors
Denver W. Holt, Regan Berkley, Caroline Deppe, Paula L. Enríquez, Julie L. Petersen, José Luis Rangel Salazar, Kelley P. Segars, Kristin L. Wood, Ernest Garcia, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Revisors
Ernest Garcia, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Holt, D. W., R. Berkley, C. Deppe, P. L. Enríquez, J. L. Petersen, J. L. Rangel Salazar, K. P. Segars, K. L. Wood, E. F. J. Garcia, J. S. Marks, and C. J. Sharpe (2017). Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.