Snowy owl
Bubo scandiacus / Snowy owl
- Habitat
- Tundra, heath and moorlands
- Continent
- Europe
- Food
- Rodents, rabbits and birds
- Gestation/breeding period
- 32 days
- Mode of life
- Monogamous pairs during the breeding season, otherwise solitary
- Class
- Birds
- Order
- Strigiformes
Key facts
~ 70 cm
size
~ 3 kg
weight
~ 25 years
age
How endangered are Snowy owls?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
-
Least concern Least concern - Near threatened
- Vulnerable
- Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
As inhabitants of the barren tundras, snowy owls are ground breeders.
Snowy owl on the zoo tour
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