White-eared Sibia

Heterophasia auricularis (Swinhoe, 1864)

≈21 cmLength42 gWeight

This bird has a black head, white markings around the eyes extending into long, white filamentous feathers, and a long tail.

Busiest months: May and December · Most records: China

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Black head, with white markings around the eyes extending into white filamentous feathers
Deep blue-black wings and tail, with white wing patches
Dark gray upper back and breast, with deep reddish-brown belly and vent
Black bill and rufous-flesh-colored legs and feet

Male, female and young

Sexes similar in appearance.

Where and when it's recorded

White-eared Sibia has been recorded at 34 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Nantou – Meifeng Highland Experimental Farm of NTUTaiwan (China)1,916 records
Dasyueshan IBA – Dasyueshan Forest-Road 23.5KTaiwan (China)1,727 records
Nantou – Xitou Nature Education AreaTaiwan (China)1,622 records

More places

Dasyueshan IBA – Xiaoxueshan Lodge (50K)Taiwan (China)340 records
Yushan NP – TatakaTaiwan (China)299 records
Taipei – Xindian SikanshuiTaiwan (China)271 records
Dasyueshan IBA – Hengliu Creek (15K)Taiwan (China)270 records
Taipei – WulaiTaiwan (China)206 records
Yilan – Nan'ao ChaoyangTaiwan (China)160 records
Yilan – Nan'ao River Mouth South BankTaiwan (China)96 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The white-eared sibia (Heterophasia auricularis) is a bird in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. The species is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Malacias. It was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864.

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