Western Siberian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo sibiricus

The Western Siberian Eagle Owl is the palest of the subspecies of the Eurasian Eagle Owl, some almost white, particularly on the front, but some a pale brown, reflecting the snowy habitat of much of its Siberian range, including the Ural mountains across to northern Mongolia. (Two other subspecies, B. b. yenisseensis/ussuriensis cover the Russian Far East through to Japan.)

Threats include climate change, habitat degradation and loss (by human activity), collisions with wind turbines and vehicles and indirect poisoning through human poisoning of (mainly rodent) prey.