The Yellow-eared Bulbul is endemic to Sri Lanka's hills. Its black-and-white head markings and yellow ear tufts stand out, and it searches for fruit and insects in forests and gardens.
The sexes are alike, with black-and-white markings on the head and yellow ear tufts behind the eyes.
It uses hill forest, wooded gardens, and orchards. It is usually in pairs, but groups form where food is plentiful; it searches actively for insects and fruit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.