Heleia Explained

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. The thick-billed heleia, occurs on Flores and Sumbawa.[2]

The genus Heleia was introduced in 1865 by the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub to accommodate the spot-breasted heleia.[3] The name is from Ancient Greek eleia, an unidentified small bird mentioned by the Greek scholar Callimachus.[4]

The genus contains ten species:[5]

Notes and 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. 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).
  3. Hartlaub . Gustav . Gustav Hartlaub . 1865 . Monographischer Versuch über die Gattung Zosterops . German . Journal für Ornithologie . 13 . 73 . 1–30 [26] . 10.1007/BF02261150 . 1865JOrni..13....1H . 9279254 .
  4. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 187 .
  5. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . January 2021 . Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes . IOC World Bird List Version 11.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 17 June 2021 .

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