#1143 · 🐦 birds

Ural Owl

🇳🇱 Oeraluil ·Strix uralensis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Алексей Эбель · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Данилова Валерия · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Aleksey Levashkin · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Irina Krug · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Алексей Эбель · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Dmitry Shtol · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Кирово-Чепецк, Кировская обл., Россия:© Вотинцевы Елена и Сергей · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Октябрьский р-н, Ижевск, республика Удмуртия, Россия:© Страхова Надя · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Нижегородский р-н, Нижний Новгород, Нижегородская обл., Россия:© Aleksey Levashkin · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Anheung-myeon, Hoengseong-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea:© Alexander Ganse · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Ural owl ( Strix uralensis ) is a fairly 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. 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...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,427iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
8,427 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1771 (255 years ago).