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| Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus [Linnaeus, 1758] | |
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Order:
Strigiformes
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Family: Strigidae |
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BTO Codes:
SO , SNOOW
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EURING No: 7490 | |
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Number in Britain:
3 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental, Former Breeder
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
60 cm
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Wingspan: 154 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 2.1 kg
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Scientific name from:
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L.: bubo=the eagle-owl and after Scandinavia |
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World Distribution:
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n Europe, n Asia, n North America |
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Habitat:
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Tundra, in winter fields & prairie |
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Diet:
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Lemmings and voles, sometimes small birds |
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TitBit:
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Now known to most in the form of Hedwig, Harry Potter's familiar, a celebrated pair bred for eight years on the Shetland island of Fetlar until 1976, when the male failed to return, one or two females, though, summered every year until 1993 though no partn er ever appeared |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
1808
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
159
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
November to June
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
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Angus & Dundee
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Ayrshire
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Clyde
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Dumfries & Galloway
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Fife
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Highland
(1997),
Lothian
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Moray & Nairn
(1998),
Northeast
(1996),
Outer Hebrides
(2004),
Orkney
(1996),
Shetland
(1997),
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North-east England:
Durham
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Northumberland
(1973),
East Yorkshire
(1991),
North Yorkshire
(1975),
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North-west England:
Cumbria
(2001),
Lancashire
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
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Eastern England:
Essex
(1963),
Hertfordshire
(1996),
Lincolnshire
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Norfolk
(1991),
Suffolk
(2001),
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South-east England:
Buckinghamshire
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Hampshire
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Isle of Wight
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Kent
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Oxfordshire
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South-west England:
Cornwall
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Devon
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Wiltshire
(1945),
Isles of Scilly
(1972),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1972),
Carmarthen
(1903),
Glamorgan
(1972),
Gwynedd
(2001),
Gwent
(1976),
Powys
(1947),
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| Other Names | |
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Previously Nyctea scandiacus
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| Gaelic: Comhachag-gheal | Welsh: Tylluan yr Eira |
| Danish: Sneugle | Dutch: Sneeuwuil |
| Finnish: Tunturipöllö | French: Harfang des neiges |
| German: Schnee-Eule | Hungarian: Hóbagoly |
| Icelandic: Snæugla | Irish: Ulchabhán Sneachtúil |
| Italian: Gufo delle nevi | Norwegian: Snøugle |
| Polish: Sowa sniezna | Portuguese: Bufo-branco |
| Spanish: Búho nival | Swedish: Fjälluggla |
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| For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Mikkola, H. 1983 Owls of Europe Poyser, Calton [598.71 MIK] |
| See Also: |
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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Wikipedia entry
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
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