Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) - HBW 5, p. 203
French: Chouette de l’Oural
German: Habichtskauz
Spanish: Cárabo Uralense
Other common names: Ural Wood-owl
Taxonomy: Stryx [sic] uralensis Pallas, 1771, Ural Mountains.
Probably forms superspecies with S. davidi; usually considered to include latter as a race. Race liturata intergrades with nominate uralensis. Several additional named races considered inseparable: birds described from Carpathians (carpathica) merged with macroura; those from L Baikal to W Amurland (daurica), from Sakhalin (tatibanai) and from NE China and Korea (coreensis) merged with nikolskii; those from C Honshu (momiyamae) included in hondoensis. Eight subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- liturata Lindroth, 1788 - N Europe and NW Russia (E to about Arkhangel’sk region), S to N Poland, Belarus and middle R Volga.
- uralensis Pallas, 1771 - from E European Russia E to Okhotsk coast.
- macroura Wolf, 1810 - C & SE Europe (from Carpathian Mts S to Bulgaria, and in W Balkans).
- liturata Lindroth, 1788 - N Europe and NW Russia (E to about Arkhangel’sk region), S to N Poland, Belarus and middle R Volga.
- uralensis Pallas, 1771 - from E European Russia E to Okhotsk coast.
- macroura Wolf, 1810 - C & SE Europe (from Carpathian Mts S to Bulgaria, and in W Balkans).
- yenisseensis Buturlin, 1915 - C Siberian plateau.
- nikolskii (Buturlin, 1907) - Transbaikalia E to Sakhalin, S to NE China and Korea.
- japonica (Clark, 1907) - Hokkaido.
- hondoensis (Clark, 1907) - N & C Honshu.
- fuscescens Temminck & Schlegel, 1847 - S Honshu S to Kyushu.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird at its day-time roosting site. Locality Akan National Park, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp japonica)
Josep del Hoyo 4 February 2010 2 years ago 29 sec 4.7 -
A close-up of a chick Locality Oulanka National Park, Finland
Javier Ortas 1 June 2010 2 years ago 30 sec 4.6 -
A bird sleeping at its day-time roost site. Locality Akan National Park, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp japonica)
Josep del Hoyo 4 February 2010 2 years ago 43 sec 4.5 -
A bird roosting in a tree at day-time. Locality Akan National Park, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp japonica)
Josep del Hoyo 4 February 2010 2 years ago 39 sec 4.3 -
An adult bird on a branch Locality Oulanka National Park, Finland
Javier Ortas 1 July 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 4.2 -
A close-up of an adul bird Locality Oulanka National Park, Finland
Javier Ortas 1 July 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 4.1
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Ural Owl hunting during the winter
Locality Bieszczady Mountains, Subcarpathian (Podkarpacie) Province, Poland (ssp Strix uralensis macroura)
MateuszMatysiak.PL 11 February 2012 38 weeks ago 4.6 -
A big pullus outside the nest
Locality Belarus (ssp liturata)
Laurent Demongin 28 April 2002 4 years ago 4 -
A bird at its day-time roosting site.
Locality Akan National Park, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp japonica)
Jordi Sargatal 4 February 2010 10 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird perched on a trunk at night in north Sichuan.
Locality Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp davidi)
James Eaton 1 June 2011 33 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird at its day-time roosting site.
Locality Akan National Park, Hokkaido, Japan
Josep del Hoyo 4 February 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
Adult bird perched in aviary, eating a duckling.
Locality Wrocław Zoo, Wrocław, Lower Silesian Province, Poland
Hanna Sztwiertnia 8 October 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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female calls Locality Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, Italy
maudoc 5 May 2012 29 weeks ago 5
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