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ForestCup nestMedium · 71 g
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Reaching a length of about 28 cm (11 in), brown-eared bulbuls are grayish-brown, with brown cheeks (the "brown ears" of the common name) and a long tail. While they prefer forested areas, they readily adapt to urban and rural environments, and their noisy squeaking calls are a familiar sound in most areas of Japan. Flocks of brown-eared bulbuls produce loud "shreep" and "weesp" calls throughout the year. One author described the song of the brown-eared bulbul as "one of the most unattractive noises made by any bird".
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When to see the Brown-eared Bulbul
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Brown-eared Bulbul
The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Russia.
About the Brown-eared Bulbul
The brown-eared bulbul is a medium-sized bulbul native to eastern Asia. It is extremely common within the northern parts of its range and can be found from southern Sakhalin to the northern Philippines.
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Easily confused with
Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalusThe black bulbul is 24–25 cm (9.4–9.8 in) in length, with a long tail.
Square-tailed BulbulHypsipetes ganeesaThe square-tailed bulbul lacks the black streak behind the eye and on the ear-coverts that is present in the black bulbul.
Philippine BulbulHypsipetes philippinusThe Philippine bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
Side by side: Black Bulbul vs Brown-eared Bulbul · Brown-eared Bulbul vs Square-tailed Bulbul
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