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Nocturnality[edit]

Could a comment about time-of-day behaviour be added to the introduction?

I taught the word owl, including the concept of nocturnality, using the snowy owl as an example (in spite of the evidence of many pictures)!

Sbioggio (talk) 02:32, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) Male.jpg to appear as POTD soon[edit]

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) Male.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on February 13, 2018. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2018-02-13. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:57, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) is a large, white owl of the typical owl family. Snowy owls are native to Arctic regions in North America and Eurasia. Males are almost all white (as seen here), while females have more flecks of black plumage. Juvenile snowy owls have black feathers until they turn white. The snowy owl is a ground nester that primarily hunts rodents and waterfowl and opportunistically eats carrion.Photograph: Michael Gäbler

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Wording[edit]

"largest owl species of owl" -> largest species of owl, please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oneyb (talk • contribs) 12:26, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oneyb, done.[1] Thank you.--Eostrix (talk) 08:51, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Taxonomy[edit]

The word "Bubo" in the phrase 'The genus name Bubo is Latin for the Eurasian eagle-owl and scandiaca is New Latin for Scandinavia' is lacking of context. On the other hand, the word "Strix" is what matters here and apparently means screech of owl in Latin language 78.130.23.145 (talk) 16:07, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sentence should be re-written[edit]

"When perched Snowy owls often face the sun, which has been suggested to represent a visual display across long distances in open habitats."

Is this sentence saying that someone has "suggested" that the sun offers a visual display acrosss long distances? I'm pretty sure it does. I'm sure the author of it meant something else... but what? GeneCallahan (talk) 15:23, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Paragraph in opening section needs to be split[edit]

It's much too long. Could anybody please recommend a good sentence, probably two, where it should be split?

(Edit: I think a good place would be the sentence starting with "[m]ost owls ..." and "[t]he snowy owl is a nomadic bird ..." Could anyone please tell me if these are good places?)

(Edit: First sentence of previous edit note should started "I think two good places would be the sentences ..." Sorry about that; I forgot to edit it after I added the second example of where to possibly split the paragraph.)--Thylacine24 (talk) 19:51, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Thylacine24: Be bold. What you say makes sense. Make the changes and explain your reasons for them in the edit summary. Someone might disagree, but then it can be discussed. We are all volunteers. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 21:11, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SchreiberBike: Thanks, but I'm not usually very bold when it comes to edits like splitting paragraphs. So, could you please tell me if you personally think that the sentences I suggested were good places to split the paragraph?--Thylacine24 (talk) 22:50, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Thylacine24: Yes, I think that would work well. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 02:16, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SchreiberBike: Thanks, I'll make the change, then.--Thylacine24 (talk) 02:20, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thylacine24, good job. You can be bold, worse case you'll be reverted or have a successive improvement by someone else.--Eostrix (^{🦉 hoot} _hoot🦉) 13:14, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Typo (migatory should be migratory)[edit]

This is a protected article, so I can’t edit directly, but could someone fix this? Commietaku (talk) 16:01, 24 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Prey size[edit]

One study estimated for the biomes of Alaska and Canada, mean prey sizes for snowy owls were 49.1 g (1.73 oz), in western North America, the mean prey size was 506 g (1.116 lb) and in eastern North America was 59.7 g (2.11 oz), while the mean prey size in northern Fennoscandia was similar (at 55.4 g (1.95 oz)).

The Western NA section seems very high in context - should it be 50.6g? The source is online ([2]) but I don't have access, unfortunately, and the print copies in my library don't have that year.

@Sandhillcrane:, I think this was your edit - I don't suppose you still have a copy of the source to confirm? Andrew Gray (talk) 12:41, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 23 March 2024[edit]

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2403:580D:FDDC:0:F5DB:7F89:C443:501E (talk) 23:29, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

happy birthday to the snowy owl there birthday is 15th of September

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Funnyfarmofdoom (talk to me) 00:28, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]