Profile
In flight
Owls
Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus
- rare
- 80 km/h
- Vulnerable
Ghostly white hunter of the frozen tundra. Delivers messages through arctic blizzards.
- Population
- About 14,000–28,000 mature individuals, declining
- Habitat
- Arctic tundra; open coastal and agricultural landscapes in winter
- Fun fact
- In a lemming-rich year, a pair can raise ten or more chicks.
- Range
- Circumpolar Arctic, with irregular winter movements south
- Diet
- Lemmings, birds, hares, and carrion
- Size
- 0.62 m
- Lifespan
- 24 years
