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]
| Heleia | |
|---|---|
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| Mees's white-eye, Heleia javanica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Heleia Hartlaub, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Heleia muelleri (Timor heleia) Hartlaub, 1865 | |
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)
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