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White-eared sibia
Heterophasia auricularis · Family Leiothrichidae
Heterophasia auricularis
Family Leiothrichidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 338,071
- Countries and territories with records
- 4

About this species
This species has 338,071 occurrence records from 4 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Taiwan accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 1.6% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Heterophasia auricularis combines the genus name Heterophasia with the species epithet auricularis. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Heterophasia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Heterophasia capistrata, Heterophasia pulchella and Heterophasia picaoides.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 119 species of the family Leiothrichidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Argya striata. Its record count is 13.9 times the family average (24,267). The family Leiothrichidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.