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Snowy Owl

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q170177
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Summary

Snowy Owl is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,744 views/month, #751 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
  • Parent taxon: Bubo[5]
  • Taxon name: Bubo scandiacus[6]
  • Subclass of: owl[7]
  • Commons category: Bubo scandiacus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bubo scandiacus[9]
  • Commons gallery: Bubo scandiacus[10]
  • Original combination: Strix scandiaca[11]
  • Taxon synonym: Strix nyctea[12]
  • Short name: B. scandiacus[13]
  • Taxon common name: Snowy Owl[14], Schneeeule[15], Búho nival[16], duc blanc[17], sovice sněžní[18], lumekakk[19], Snøugle[20], Белая сова[21], シロフクロウ[22], Sneugle[23], tunturipöllö[24], hóbagoly[25], puchacz śnieżny[26], belaňa tundrová[27]

Body

Identifiers

Snowy Owl's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 144594[28]. Snowy Owl's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 371907[29]. Snowy Owl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5959143[30]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 686683[31] and 177896[32].

Why It Matters

Snowy Owl has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20h ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 686683, 177896
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'atj', 'avk', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', 'bcl', 'be', 'bg', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 177896, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → snowy-owl
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: snowy-owl, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289959990|snowy owl (#289959990)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
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