The Ural owl (Strix uralensis) is a large nocturnal owl. It is a member of the true owl family, Strigidae. The Ural owl is a member of the genus Strix, that is also the origin of the family's name under Linnaean taxonomy.[3] Both its common name and scientific name refer to the Ural Mountains of Russia where the type specimen was collected. However, this species has an extremely broad distribution that extends as far west as much of Scandinavia, montane eastern Europe, and, sporadically, central Europe, thence sweeping across the Palearctic broadly through Russia to as far east as Sakhalin and throughout Japan.[1][4] The Ural owl may include up to 15 subspecies, but most likely the number may be slightly fewer if accounting for clinal variations.[5]
This forest owl is typical associated with the vast taiga forest in Eurosiberia, although it ranges to other forest types, including mixed forests and temperate deciduous forest.[5][6] The Ural owl is something of a dietary generalist like many members of the Strix genus, but it is usually locally reliant on small mammals, especially small rodents such as voles.[4][7] In terms of its reproductive habits, Ural owls tend to vigorously protect a set territory on which they have historically nested on a variety of natural nest sites, including tree cavities and stumps and nests originally built by other birds but now, in many parts of the range are adapted to nest boxes made by biologists and conservationists.[8][9] Breeding success is often strongly correlated with prey populations.[10] The Ural owl is considered to be a stable bird species overall, with a conservation status per the IUCN as a least concern species.[1] Despite some local decreases and extinctions, the Ural owl has been aided in central Europe by reintroductions.[11]
^ abcBirdLife International (2016). "Strix uralensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22689108A93218506. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22689108A93218506.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^Sclater, P. L. (1879). Remarks on the Nomenclature of the British Owls, and on the Arrangement of the Order Striges. Ibis, 21(3), 346-352.
^ abVoous, K.H. (1988). Owls of the Northern Hemisphere. The MIT Press, ISBN 0262220350.
^ abKönig, Claus; Weick, Friedhelm (2008). Owls of the World (2nd ed.). London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 9781408108840.
^Tutiš, V., Radović, D., Ćiković, D., Barišić, S., & Kralj, J. (2009). Distribution, density and habitat relationships of the Ural owl Strix uralensis macroura in Croatia. Ardea, 97(4), 563-571.
^Obuch, J., Danko, Š., Mihók, J., Karaska, D., & Šimák, L. (2014). Diet of the Ural owl (Strix uralensis) in Slovakia. Slovak Raptor Journal, 7, 59-71.
^Hume, R. (1991). Owls of the world. Running Press, Philadelphia.
^Vazhov S.V., Bakhtin R.F. & Vazhov V.M. (2016). On the Use of Nest Boxes for Study the Ecology of Strix uralensis. International Journal of Applied and Basic Research, 333: 498-498
^Brommer, J. E., Pietiäinen, H., & Kolunen, H. (2002). Reproduction and survival in a variable environment: Ural owls (Strix uralensis) and the three-year vole cycle. The Auk, 119(2), 544-550.
^Scherzinger, W. (2006). Die Wiederbegründung des Habichtskauz-Vorkommens Strix uralensis im Böhmerwald. Zeitschrift bayerischer und baden-württembergischer Ornithologen, 45(2/3).
The Uralowl (Strix uralensis) is a large nocturnal owl. It is a member of the true owl family, Strigidae. The Uralowl is a member of the genus Strix...
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owl of intermediate form and size between Ural and tawny owls. However, fossils of a larger and differently proportioned Strix owl than a tawny owl,...
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species of owl in order Strigiformes; they are distributed among 25 genera in two families. The 20 species of genera Tyto and Phodilus, the barn owls, are in...
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prey on black woodpeckers. Among those recorded are Uralowls (Strix uralensis), Eurasian eagle-owls (Bubo bubo), northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis)...
variety of birds of prey, including the boreal owl, short-eared owl, tawny owl, Uralowl, Eurasian eagle-owl, golden eagle, kestrel, common buzzard, red...
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or more in length, the fifth longest of any owl with only the great grey (Strix nebulosa) and uralowls (Strix uralensis) having proportionately longer...
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large, vole-eating owls are known to displace or to be avoided by nesting buzzards, such as great grey owls (Strix nebulosa) and Uralowls (Strix uralensis)...
about 15% in territorial adults in Wytham. In Finland, Uralowl displaced tawny owls but great grey owl peaceably allow them in the vicinity. Although moderately...
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