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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List
Bubo scandiacus
Recognized by Arctic Birds, CalPhotos, and AnAge articles
Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus 1758)
Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus 1758)
Bubo scandiacus

Alternative Names

Nyctea scandiaca
Synonym according to NCBI
Bubo scandiaca (Linnaeus 1758)
Bubo scandiaca (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Bubo virginianus wapacuthu (J. F. Gmelin 1788)
Bubo virginianus wapacuthu (J. F. Gmelin 1788)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Nyctea scandiaca (Linnaeus 1758)
Nyctea scandiaca (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Strix scandiaca Linnaeus 1758
Strix scandiaca Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Snowy Owl preferred
Snowy owl
Recognized by AnAge, Flickr BHL, and Wikidata Common Names
snowy owl
Recognized by Flickr BHL and Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

بوم ثلجي preferred
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Asturian

l'uxu les ñeves preferred
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Atikamekw

Wapahowisiw preferred
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Azerbaijani

Qütb bayquşu preferred
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Bashkir

Ҡуян ябалағы preferred
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Basque

Elur-hontz preferred
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Belarusian

сава белая preferred
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Bengali

তুষার পেঁচা preferred
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Bosnian

Snježna sova preferred
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Breton

Kaouenn-erc'h preferred
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Bulgarian

полярна сова preferred
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Catalan; Valencian

duc blanc preferred
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Chinese

雪鸮 preferred
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Cornish

Ula ergh preferred
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Croatian

bijela sova preferred
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Czech

sovice sněžní preferred
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Danish

Sneugle preferred
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Dutch; Flemish

Sneeuwuil preferred
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Eastern Canadian Inuktitut

ukpik preferred
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ᐅᒃᐱᒃ preferred
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Esperanto

Neĝostrigo preferred
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Estonian

lumekakk preferred
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Faroese

Snjóugla preferred
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Finnish

tunturipöllö preferred
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French

Harfang des neiges preferred
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chouette harfang
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Georgian

თეთრი ბუ preferred
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German

Schneeeule preferred
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Greek, Modern (1453-)

Κουκουβάγια του χιονιού preferred
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Hebrew

אוח השלג preferred
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Hindi

हिमउल्लू preferred
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Hungarian

hóbagoly preferred
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Icelandic

Snæugla preferred
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Inuktitut

ᐅᒃᐱᒃ preferred
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Inupiaq

Ukpik preferred
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Irish

ulchabhán sneachtúil preferred
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Italian

Gufo delle nevi preferred
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Japanese

シロフクロウ preferred
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Kannada

ಹಿಮ ಗೂಬೆ preferred
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Kazakh

Aq japalaq preferred
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Ақ жапалақ preferred
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اق جاپالاق preferred
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Korean

흰올빼미 preferred
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Latvian

baltā pūce preferred
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Lithuanian

baltoji pelėda preferred
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Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

Schnéieil preferred
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Macedonian

снежен був preferred
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Malay

Burung hantu salji preferred
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Malayalam

സ്നോവി ഔൾ preferred
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Manx

Hullad niaghtee preferred
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Navajo; Navaho

Hakʼaz néʼéshjaaʼ preferred
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Northern Sami

Skuolfi preferred
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Norwegian

Snøugle preferred
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Ossetian; Ossetic

Урс уыг preferred
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Persian

جغد برفی preferred
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Polish

puchacz śnieżny preferred
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Portuguese

coruja-das-neves preferred
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Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Bufniță polară preferred
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Russian

Белая сова preferred
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Sakha

Хаар эбэ preferred
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Scots

snawy oul preferred
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Scottish Gaelic

Comhachag gheal preferred
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Serbian

Снежна сова preferred
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Slovak

belaňa tundrová preferred
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Spanish; Castilian

Búho nival preferred
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snežna sova preferred
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Swedish

fjälluggla preferred
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Tamil

பனி ஆந்தை preferred
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Tatar

Ак ябалак preferred
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Thai

นกเค้าแมวหิมะ preferred
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Tibetan

འུག་དཀར། preferred
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Turkish

Kar baykuşu preferred
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Ukrainian

сова біла preferred
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Unspecified

guvggo preferred
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skyelfi preferred
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viõʹlǧǧeshõʹppi preferred
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Vepsian

Vauged pulo preferred
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Vietnamese

Cú trắng preferred
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Welsh

Tylluan yr eira preferred
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Western Frisian

Snie-ûle preferred
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Wu

雪鸮 preferred
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Zhuang; Chuang

Roeggyaeujmeuz Nae preferred
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Arz

بوم ثلجى preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mrj

Ош тымана preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pms

Nyctea scandiaca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sr Ec

Снежна сова preferred
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Sr El

Snežna sova preferred
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Yue

雪鴞 preferred
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Zh Cn

雪鸮 preferred
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Zh Hans

雪鸮 preferred
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Zh Hant

雪鴞 preferred
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Zh Hk

雪鴞 preferred
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Zh Tw

雪鴞 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus 1758)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Strigiformes
Strigidae
127 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.