Snowy Owl

Linnean Classification: Eukarya, Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Strigiformes, Strigidae, Bubo, Bubo scandiacus

Regulator: Snowy Owls are Regulators because they are warm-blooded organisms with the ability to regulate and maintain a relatively stable and constant internal environment and temperature (homeostasis), even with the variability of external environments.

Migration: Most of them migrate during the winter months. They fly to the south towards the coastal areas.

Generalists: Can survive in a whole range of environmental conditions

Consumer: It is a consumer, as it cannot produce it’s own food but must consume other organisms to get the nutrients and energy its needs.

Carnivore: Eats from small mammals to hares.

Niche: Lives in the trees of the Arctic Tundra. Their diet consists of voles and lemmings and even duck, geese, and rabbits. They have few predators such as foxes and wolves.