Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| 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 (French Guiana) | 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)
PROTONYM:
Strix scandiaca
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.92.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Habitat in Alpibus Lapponiae' ex Fn. Suec, Aves no. 46, there based on a drawing by Rudbeck.
Definitions
- BUBO
- bubo
- scandiaca / scandiacus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Scientific name definitions
Denver W. Holt, Matt D. Larson, Norman Smith, Dave L. Evans, and David F. Parmelee
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020