Ural owl: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Ural owl lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Strix uralensis
Group	Owls
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Bird
Order	Strigiformes
Family	Strigidae

Where does the Ural owl live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Ural owl in 5 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Ural owl endangered?

The Ural owl’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Ural owl?

The Ural owl (Strix uralensis) is a bird in the order Strigiformes and the family Strigidae, genus Strix. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Ural owl

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. 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. The Ural owl may include up to 15 subspecies, but most likely the number may be slightly fewer if accounting for clinal variations.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ural owl (revision 1380068110), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q190083 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).