Heleia
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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]
- Javan heleia (Heleia javanica)
- Grey-hooded heleia (Heleia pinaiae)
- Pygmy heleia (Heleia squamifrons)
- Mindanao heleia (Heleia goodfellowi)
- Sulawesi heleia (Heleia squamiceps)
- Eyebrowed heleia (Heleia superciliaris)
- Crested heleia (Heleia dohertyi)
- Timor heleia (Heleia muelleri)
- Thick-billed heleia (Heleia crassirostris)
- Yellow-spectacled heleia (Heleia wallacei)
References
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- ↑ 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).
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- ↑ 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).
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