---
title: "Zilveroortimalia"
description: "Leiothrix argentauris — Vogels. The silver-eared mesia (Leiothrix argentauris) is a species of bird from South East Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/silver-eared-mesia
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zilveroortimalia

> Leiothrix argentauris — Vogels. The silver-eared mesia (Leiothrix argentauris) is a species of bird from South East Asia.

- Scientific name: *Leiothrix argentauris*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1352
- Wikidata: [Q18880](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18880)
- iNaturalist taxon: [15559](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15559)

## Names

- en: Silver-eared Mesia
- de: Silberohrsonnenvogel
- es: Leiotrix Cariblanco
- fr: Léiothrix à joues argent
- it: Mesia guanceargento
- nl: Zilveroortimalia
- pt: Rouxinol-de-faces-prateadas
- pl: Pekińczyk srebrnouchy

## Countries with the most observations

HK (384), MY (328), IN (160), CN (146), TH (91), MO (58), VN (33), BT (19), MM (9)

## Summary

The silver-eared mesia (Leiothrix argentauris) is a species of bird from South East Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver-eared_mesia

## Photo

![Zilveroortimalia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/silver-eared-mesia/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37303077

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/silver-eared-mesia?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).