Brown-eared Bulbul

Hypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830)

Pycnonotidae — Bulbuls

Brown-eared Bulbul, Hypsipetes amaurotis, is a passerine of the bulbul family that breeds across Japan and reaches the far north of the Philippines. It is a familiar bird in eastern Asia, with a range that extends through the Russian Far East, north-eastern China and the Korean Peninsula. In the northern parts of that range it is very widespread. It is a greyish-brown bird with brown cheeks and a long tail. It usually lives in wooded places, but it also uses towns, farmland and other human-made settings.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae — Bulbuls
Breeding range: Palearctic: Japan to far n Philippines