However, even the most pale excellent horned and Eurasian eagle-owls are continue to substantially far more closely marked with darker foundation shades than snowy owls (the whitest eagle-owls are paler than the whitest terrific horned owls), have a lot larger and additional conspicuous ear tufts and lack the bicolored overall look of the darkest snowy owls. The snowy owl's eye, at about 23.