Adult males are almost pure white, although they have up to three tail bands. The Snowy Owl has thick white plummage. The male is completely white and the female has black speckling. The snowy owl's Latin name is Neytea Scandiaca and some call it the Ghostly Hunter. Snowy owl's feathers are soft, their tails are short and square.
Females have black and gray feathers while males are practically all white.
Despite similarities in the beak and talons, owls are very different from birds of prey. The Snowy Owl was first classified in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus, the Swedish Swedish naturalist who developed binomial nomenclature to classify and organise plants and animals. The snowy owl is the heaviest and most powerful of all North American owls. It is 20-27 inches long, has an average wingspread of 5 feet, and weighs around 4 pounds. It has no ear tufts and is white with dark barring.