---
title: "Tuta-de-faces-castanhas"
description: "Hypsipetes amaurotis — Aves. The brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) is a medium-sized bulbul native to eastern Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/brown-eared-bulbul
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tuta-de-faces-castanhas

> Hypsipetes amaurotis — Aves. The brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) is a medium-sized bulbul native to eastern Asia.

- Scientific name: *Hypsipetes amaurotis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 19506
- Wikidata: [Q10770477](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10770477)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144910](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144910)

## Names

- en: Brown-eared Bulbul
- de: Orpheusbülbül
- es: Bulbul de orejas marrones
- fr: Bulbul à oreillons bruns
- pt: Tuta-de-faces-castanhas
- pl: Szczeciak rudouchy

## Countries with the most observations

JP (8359), KR (4324), TW (346), CN (99), RU (91), PH (13), HK (6), KP (5)

## Summary

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 Sakhalin to the northern Philippines.

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

## Photo

![Tuta-de-faces-castanhas](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-eared-bulbul/medium.jpg)

Photo: renshuchu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200775252

## Machine access

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