Silver-eared Mesia

The silver-eared mesia is a bird of South-east Asia whose diet is dominated by insects and their larvae, plus fruit and to a lesser extent seeds. In Hong Kong, a study of feral birds found insect remains in 87% of faecal samples and fruit in 97%. It often associates in groups of up to thirty while foraging, even during breeding, and generally feeds close to the ground but may go as high as 5m (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is a seasonal breeder, with the season lasting from November to August, though starting later, in April, in the northern part of its range. Both sexes build the nest, a deep cup of bamboo and other dead leaves lined with rootlets and fern fibres, placed near ground level or up to 2m up. Two to five white, brown-spotted eggs are laid, four being typical in India. The source read does not name Bhutan.