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Hypsipetes amaurotis · Family Pycnonotidae

Hypsipetes amaurotis

Family Pycnonotidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Pycnonotidae
GBIF occurrence records
455,885
Countries and territories with records
13
Brown-eared Bulbul
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About this species

This species has 455,885 occurrence records from 13 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Taiwan (42.6%), Japan (34.8%) and South Korea (21.1%); together they account for 98.4% of the total. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 0.92% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Hypsipetes amaurotis combines the genus name Hypsipetes with the species epithet amaurotis. The Warbla app catalog lists 20 species of the genus Hypsipetes; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Hypsipetes leucocephalus, Hypsipetes ganeesa and Hypsipetes philippinus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 140 species of the family Pycnonotidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Pycnonotus cafer. Its record count is 8.3 times the family average (55,058). The family Pycnonotidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Pycnonotidae

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