Қоңыр құлақты бұлбұл

Species of bird

The brown eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) 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 Karafuto to the northern Philippines.

The brown eared bulbul was originally described in the genus Turdus. Later, some authorities placed it in the genus Ixos and then the genus Microscelis, before being re classified to Hypsipetes in 2010. Alternate names for the brown eared bulbul include the Asian brown eared bulbul, chestnut eared bulbul, and Eurasian brown eared bulbul.

Reaching a length of about , 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.

The brown eared bulbul is common in a very large range that includes the Russian Far East (including Sakhalin), northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, south to Taiwan and the Babuyan and Batanes island chains in the north of the Philippines.

Around five eggs are laid by the female, which then incubates them. Brown eared bulbuls are frequently parasitized by cuckoos, whose chicks will push bulbul eggs and chicks out of the nest. At this time, they also feed on the nectar from Camellia flowers, becoming dusted with yellow pollen in the process. In this way they help to pollinate the flowers at a time of year when there are few insect pollinators around.