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Snowy Owl / Bubo scandiacus VU
- Synonyms White Owl
- Old latin name for bird Nyctea scandiaca, Nyctea nyctea, Strix scandiaca, Strix nyctea, Bubo scandiaca, Strix nyctelea, Bubo arcticus
Snowy Owlbird sounds *
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
Related species
Indian Eagle-Owl
Arabian Eagle-Owl
Lesser Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl
Cape Eagle-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Greyish Eagle-Owl
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Where to see Snowy Owl
- Breeding region Eurasia, North America
- Breeding subregion widespread in the n
- Albania
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Canada
- China
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greenland
- Guernsey
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Iran
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mongolia
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- Åland Islands
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Abkhazian | аТышкәакәа |
| Afrikaans | Sneeu-uil |
| Albanian | Bufi i dëborës |
| Azerbaijani | Ququ quşu, ağ bayquş |
| Bashkir | аҡ сая, ҡуян ябалағы, аҡ ябалаҡ |
| Basque | Elur-hontz |
| Belarusian | Сава белая, Белая сава |
| Bengali | েকািকল, তুলায যাুঁচা |
| Breton | Kaouenn-erc'h |
| Bulgarian | Снежен бухал, Полярна сова |
| Catalan | Duc nival, Cuquello, Cucut, duc blanc |
| Chinese | 白夜猫子, 白鸮, [xue-xiao], 雪鸮, [bai ye-maozi] |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 白鴞, 雪鴞, 白夜貓子 |
| Chuvash | шурă тăмана, çурçĕр тăмани, Поляр тăмани, шор тăмана, шур тăмана, Шурă |
| Cornish | Koukou, Ula ergh, Kog |
| Cree | wapoohoo |
| Croatian | bijela sova, Snježna sova |
| Czech | Sovice snežní, sovice sněžní, Sovice sněžná, sovice snìžní |
| Danish | Sneugle |
| Dutch | Sneeuwuil |
| Esperanto | Neĝostrigo |
| Estonian | lumekakk |
| Faroese | Snjóugla, Kattugla |
| Finnish | tunturipöllö |
| French | Chouette harfang, Harfang des neiges |
| Frisian | Snie-ûle, Snieûle |
| Galician | Bufo das neves, Cuco común |
| German | Schneeule, Schneeeule, Schnee-Eule |
| Greek | Χιονόγλαυκα, Χιovόγλαυκα |
| Gujarati | કોયલ |
| Hebrew | לילית שלג |
| Hindi | कोकिला, कोयल |
| Hungarian | hóbagoly |
| Icelandic | Snæugla |
| Inuktitut | Uppik, Oukpialouk, Aukpik |
| Irish | Ulchabhán Sneachtúil, Ulchabhán sneachta |
| Italian | Cócc, Cucù, Civetta delle nevi, Cócch, Cuco, Gufo delle nevi |
| Japanese | シロフクロウ |
| Kazakh | поляр үкісі, Көкек, полярлық жапалақ, Ақ жапалақ, ақ үкі, арктика үкісі, қар үкісі, поляр жапалағы, ақүкі |
| Korean | 흰올빼미 |
| Latvian | Sniega pūce, baltā pūce |
| Lithuanian | baltoji pelėda, Baltoji peleda |
| Luxembourgish | Schnéieil |
| Macedonian | Снежен був |
| Maltese | kokka tas-silġ |
| Manx | Hullad niaghtee |
| Marathi | कोकिळा |
| Mongolian | Цэвдгийн ууль, Цагаан уульж, уульж |
| Northern Sami | Jievjaskuolfi, Skuolfi |
| Norwegian | snøugle, Kvitørn, Lemengris |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Snøugle |
| Occitan | Coguol |
| Persian | جغد (بوف) برفی, بوف برفی, جغد برفی |
| Polish | sowa śnieżna, puchacz śnieżny, sowa sniezna, Puchacz |
| Portuguese | Coruja-das-neves, bufo branco, Bufo-branco, bufo-das-neves |
| Punjabi | ਕੋਕਲ |
| Romanian | Bufniță de zăpadă, Kukuriezo, Bufniţă de zăpadă, Bufniţa de zăpadă, Chuhuriezo kukuriashka, Chuhuriashka |
| Romansh | Cucu |
| Russian | Полярная Сова, Белая, или Полярная, сова, Belaya Sova, Сова белая полярная, Белая сова, Сова белая |
| Sanskrit | कोकिला |
| Serbian | Снежна сова, Snežna sova, Snena sova |
| Slovak | sova snežná (belaňa tundrová), belaňa tundrová, Sova snežná |
| Slovenian | snežna sova |
| Spanish | Búho nival, Buho nival |
| Swedish | fjälluggla |
| Tajik | буми сафед |
| Tatar | ак ябалак |
| Turkish | Ақ жапалақ, Kar Baykuşu |
| Turkmen | ak hüwi |
| Ukrainian | Біла сова, сова біла |
| Uzbek | қутб бойқуш, оқ бойқуш, қутб япалоққуши, оқ бойўғли, қутб бойқуши |
| Welsh | Tylluan yr eira |