Heleias
Heleia
Heleia is a genus of bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The genus has a small distribution, being endemic to the Lesser Sundas. One species, the spot-breasted heleia is restricted to the island of Timor, the other, the thick-billed heleia, occurs on Flores and Sumbawa. Both are around 13.5 cm long and have atypical plumage for the family. Little is known about these birds, although presumably fruit and insects are part of their diet. The species are:
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Javan Heleia
speciesHeleia javanica
Pygmy Heleia
speciesHeleia squamifrons
Yellow-spectacled Heleia
speciesHeleia wallacei
Sulawesi Heleia
speciesHeleia squamiceps
Mindanao Heleia
speciesHeleia goodfellowi
Flores Heleia
speciesHeleia crassirostris
Dark-crowned Heleia
speciesHeleia dohertyi
Eyebrowed Heleia
speciesHeleia superciliaris
Gray-hooded Heleia
speciesHeleia pinaiae
Timor Heleia
speciesHeleia muelleri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 17513.