Heleia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Lophozosterops)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox

Heleia is a genus of birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. One species, the Timor heleia is restricted to the island of Timor.[1] The pygmy heleia is endemic to the island of Borneo.[2] The thick-billed heleia, occurs on Flores and Sumbawa.[3]

The genus Heleia was introduced in 1865 by the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub to accommodate the Timor heleia.[4] The name is from Ancient Greek eleia, an unidentified small bird mentioned by the Greek scholar Callimachus.[5]

The genus contains ten species:[6]

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. van Balen, B. (2017). Spot-breasted White-eye (Heleia muelleri). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/60249 on 27 March 2017).
  2. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. van Balen, B. (2017). Thick-billed White-eye (Heleia crassirostris). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/60250 on 27 March 2017).
  4. Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  5. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Passerida Template:Taxonbar


Template:Asbox