Surnia ulula


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Noun1.Surnia ulula - grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphereSurnia ulula - grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
bird of Minerva, bird of night, owl, hooter - nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
genus Surnia, Surnia - a genus of hawk-like owls
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The Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula) is patchily distributed across the boreal forests of northern Eurasia and North America (Duncan and Duncan 2014).
As a small sized carnivore, sable are preyed on by many larger predator, such as brown bear Ursus arctos, wolf Canis lupus, red fox Vulpes vulpes, wolverine Gulo gulo, yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula, lynx Lynx lynx and some big birds, like eagle-owl Bubo bubo, golden eagle Aquila chrysaetus, raven Corvus corax, hawks: goshawk Accipiter gentilis and sparrow-hawk Accipiter nisus, and two owls: great gray owl Strix nebulosa and northern hawk owl Surnia ulula (Gusev 1966, Bakeyev et al.
Vole-eating raptors (Buteo spp., Circus spp., Falco tinnunculus, Nyctea scandiaca, Surnia ulula, Asio spp., Strix uralensis, Aegolius funereus) in total formed 26.5% and 23-24% of the material.