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A male Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus, with white plumage and light brown barring, perches on a bare branch, facing the camera with yellow eyes. A female Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) with heavily barred white and brown plumage lands on snowy grassland with wings outstretched.
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Female Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) with yellow eyes and heavily barred white and brown plumage flying with wings spread against a plain blue background.
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Snowy owl: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 14, 2026
Modified link of Web site: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology - All About Birds - Snowy Owl. Sep 05, 2026
Add new Web site: The Peregrine Fund - Snowy Owl. Apr 02, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota - College of Veterinary Medicine - Snowy owl. May 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Hinterland Who's Who - Snowy Owl. Mar 14, 2025
Add new Web site: The University of New Mexico - Searchable Ornithological Research Archive - Aging and Sexing Snowy Owls. Sep 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Irruptive movements and breeding dispersal of snowy owls: a specialized predator exploiting a pulsed resource. Aug 06, 2024
Add new Web site: Mass Audubon - Snowy Owls. Jun 28, 2024
Add new Web site: British Trust for Ornithology - Snowy Owl. May 18, 2024
Add new Web site: The Spruce Pets - Should You Keep a Snowy Owl as a Pet? Nov 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Missouri Department of Conservation - Snowy Owl. Aug 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Maryland.gov - Department of Natural Resources - Snowy Owl. Jun 09, 2023
Add new Web site: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Snowy Owl. Apr 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Cool Antarctica - Snowy Owl - Facts and Adaptations. Feb 28, 2023
Add new Web site: AZ Animals - Snowy Owl. Jan 20, 2023
Add new Web site: National Audubon Society - Snowy Owl. Sep 01, 2021
Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Arctic Studies Center - Snowy Owl. Nov 09, 2016
Added video. May 26, 2015
Add new Web site: Defenders of Wildlife - Basic Facts About Snowy Owls. Aug 20, 2012
Media added. May 06, 2009
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - Snowy Owl. Aug 28, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Snowy Owl. Feb 28, 2008
Added new Web site: OracleThinkquest - Animals of the Arctic. Aug 23, 2006
Added new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Snowy Owl. May 31, 2006
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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