Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Strigiformes > Family Strigidae > Genus Bubo

Bubo scandiaca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Strix Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bubo*	Duméril, 1806	accepted genus name
*Nyctea*	auct.	generic synonym
*Nyctea*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Strix scandiaca*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English-United States: Snowy Owl sources: Charles Hussey

German: Schnee-Eule sources: Germany PESI focal point

Lithuanian: baltoji pelėda sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Russian: сова белая sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovenian: snežna sova sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: Búho nival sources: spanish PESI focal point

Welsh: tylluan yr eira

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External Links

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Citation

Drs Cees Roselaar. Bubo scandiaca (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=97040

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Last modified

2004-05-07 by Drs Cees Roselaar

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