Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)

Other Names (World)
Brown-eared Bulbul, Japanese Bulbul, Chestnut-eared Bulbul

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
27 - 29 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1830)

Habitat
Wide range of forest types including, deciduous, mixed and evergreen broadleaf. From lowlands to about 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland), Japan, North Korea (B), Philippines, Russia (Asian), South Korea, Taiwan (China).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Main insects but also fruits and seeds.

Voice
Calls are varied, but most are loud, shrill and drawn-out, including 'wheeesp', 'whee-eesp', 'shreep shreeeep', 'piiyo piiyo', 'piiyy piitt', 'pii-hyara', 'piyopiyopiyo', 'hiihii'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (106)...)

Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) [XC596245]
by Brendan Sloan from Lanyu, Taitung County, Taiwan (call, song)

Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) [XC551615]
by Sunny Tseng from Orchid Island, Taiwan (call)

Subspecies
Several of the listed subspecies seem weakly differentiated, and possibly invalid. Proposed subspecies hensoni (from Hokkaido), kanrasani (Quelpart I) and septentrionalis (southern Sakhalin, non-breeding) considered synonymous with nominate. Subspecies insignis (southern Ryukyus) doubtfully distinct from pryeri and thus merged with it.

The following 15 subspecies are recognised:

amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) - Japan southern from Hokkaido (except southern Kyushu), and southern Korea. Non-breeding south to eastern China and Ryukyu Is.
matchiae (Momiyama, 1923) - Southern Japan (southern Kyushu).
ogawae Hartert, 1907 - Northern Ryukyu Is.
pryeri Stejneger, 1887 - Central Ryukyu Is.
harterti (Nagamichi Kuroda, 1922) - Extreme southern Ryukyus (Yonaguni-jima), Taiwan and Lanyu.
borodinonis (Kuroda, Nagamichi, 1923) - Borodino Is (Kita-daito-jima).
squamiceps (Kittlitz, 1830) - Bonin Is.
magnirostris Hartert, 1905 - Volcano Is (Kito-iwo-jima, Iwo-jima).
batanensis Mearns, 1907 - Extreme northern Philippines (Batan, Ivohos, Sabtang, Babuyan Claro).
fugensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1895 - Northern Philippines (Calayan, Dalupiri, Fuga).
camiguinensis McGregor, 1907 - Northern Philippines (Camiguin Norte).
stejnegeri Hartert, 1907 - Ryukyu Islands (Ishigaki, Iriomote and Yonaguni).
nagamichii Deignan, 1960 - Taiwan and Lanyu Is.
hensoni Stejneger, 1892 - Breeds south-western Hokkaido. Winters to southern Korea, northern Japan and south-eastern China.
insignis Kuroda, 1923 - Miyako-Jima (southern Ryukyu Islands).

References
See References.

Files:

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