About breeding of the Ural Owl on the border between Bryansk and Sumy regions. - V.M. Malyshok, N.P. Knysh. - Berkut. 10 (2). 2001. - P. 243-244.
For the first time a nest of the Ural Owl was found near the village of Znob-Trubchevska (52.18 N, 33.35 E) in 1998. Birds nested in a roomy hollow in an old alder at height 5 m. Owls bred in the same hollow in 1999–2001 too. The tree with the nest is situated in Trubchevsk district of Bryansk region (Russia), but the pair hunt mostly on Ukrainian territory in Sumy region. [Russian].
Key words: Ural Owl, Strix uralensis, Bryansk region, Sumy region, distribution, breeding, egg.
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