📸 PhotoPhoto: Alpsdake · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Brown-eared Bulbul
Hypsipetes amaurotis (Brown-eared Bulbul · ヒヨドリ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its body length of 28 cm is similar to the long side of an A4 sheet of paper (29.7 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 Because it loves eating fruit, it is commonly encountered in wooded parks and along mountain foothills (National List of Species of Korea).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Brown-eared Bulbul is a common resident bird seen anywhere with trees from plains to mountains, and is also distributed in Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its head and back are bluish-gray, its wings are grayish-brown, and it has chestnut-brown patches behind its eyes. White spots increase from the belly toward the tail.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It eats plant fruits and insects, spending most of its life in trees and rarely coming down to the ground. It builds a bowl-shaped nest on tree branches and lays 4–5 eggs in May–June.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
According to the National List of Species of Korea, it is distributed nationwide in Korea and is a common resident bird seen from plains to mountains.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2018) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22713192/131969016
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 131969016
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000530330 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000530330
- • wikidata.org — Q10770477
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Hypsipetes amaurotis (Microscelis amaurotis).JPG
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Pycnonotidae)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.