Heleia

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

Heleia
Mees's white-eye, Heleia javanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Heleia
Hartlaub, 1865

References
  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. Myers, Susan (2016). Birds of Borneo (2nd ed.). London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-4729-2444-5.
  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).


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