Pygmy heleia

Pygmy heleia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Zosteropidae
Genus:	Heleia
Species:	H. squamifrons
Binomial name
Heleia squamifrons (Sharpe, 1892)

The pygmy heleia (Heleia squamifrons), also known as the pygmy ibon and pygmy white-eye, ^[2] is a species of bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to the hill forest and lower montane forest of northern Borneo. ^[3]

Behaviour

It feeds on small berries, fruits, seeds and insects, foraging in small flocks of 4 to 8 birds. It will associate with other birds when feeding, including other white-eyes, cuckoo-doves, yuhinas and erpornises. The species is common but inconspicuous.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Heleia squamifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22714319A94411467. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714319A94411467.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. "Master Lists: v15.1". IOC World Bird List . International Ornithologists' Union . Retrieved 13 March 2025.
3. Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN   978-1-906780-56-2.

• va Balen, Bas (2008), "Family Zosteropidae (White-eyes)", in Josep, del Hoyo; Andrew, Elliott; David, Christie (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13, Penduline-tits to Shrikes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, p. 483, ISBN   978-84-96553-45-3