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 (spot-breasted heleia) Hartlaub, 1865 |
Heleia is a genus of birds 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 genus Heleia was introduced in 1865 by the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub to accommodate the spot-breasted 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]
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