Laughingthrushes & Allies

Silver-eared Mesia

Leiothrix argentauris

The Silver-eared Mesia (Leiothrix argentauris) is a 28 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Laughingthrushes & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

28 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Nepal, Indonesia, MO.

Where to see it: Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve (Hong Kong); Bukit Fraser* general area (use more precise location) (Malaysia); Mount Victoria (Myanmar); Doi Pha Hom Pok NP · Doi Lang (W), AKA Doi San Ju* (general area) (Thailand); Yongkhola camp (Bhutan).

Photo: (c) ꦥꦤ꧀ꦗꦶꦒꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist