Listen to the Ural owl
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About the Ural owl
The Ural owl is a bird in the family Strigidae (order Strigiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 110 cm.
What does the Ural owl sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call, alarm call, nest showing call, teritory call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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.
Related birds in the genus Strix
More from the family Strigidae
Frequently asked questions
What does an Ural owl sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Ural owl on this page, including its call, alarm call and nest showing call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Ural owl endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Ural owl as “least concern”.
What family does the Ural owl belong to?
The Ural owl (Strix uralensis) belongs to the family Strigidae in the order Strigiformes.
Sources & credits
- Alarm call · Trešková, Mokrá Lúka, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica… by Alexander Kürthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Nest showing call · Ždiar - Kojšov, Slovakia by Alexander Kurthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Teritory call · Ždiar - Kojšov, Slovakia by Alexander Kurthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call, song · Trešková, Mokrá Lúka, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica… by Alexander Kürthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · sedlo Breziny - Uherčíková, village Henclová, Gelnica… by Alexander Kürthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Pod grúne - Volovec, Slovakia by Alexander Kurthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q190083 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Ural owl – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Tatiana Bulyonkova from Novosibirsk, Russia – CC BY-SA 2.0