Heleia
Heleia is a genus of birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. One species, the Timor heleia is restricted to the island of Timor. The pygmy heleia is endemic to the island of Borneo. The thick-billed heleia, occurs on Flores and Sumbawa.
Taxonomy
The genus Heleia was introduced in 1865 by the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub to accommodate the Timor heleia. The name is from Ancient Greek eleia, an unidentified small bird mentioned by the Greek scholar Callimachus.The genus contains ten species:
- Javan heleia, Heleia javanica – montane Java and Bali
- Grey-hooded heleia, Heleia pinaiae – montane central Seram
- Pygmy heleia, Heleia squamifrons – Borneo
- Mindanao heleia, Heleia goodfellowi – montane Mindanao
- Sulawesi heleia, Heleia squamiceps – montane Sulawesi
- Eyebrowed heleia, Heleia superciliaris – montane Sumbawa and Flores
- Crested heleia, Heleia dohertyi – Sumbawa to Flores
- Timor heleia, Heleia muelleri – Timor
- Thick-billed heleia, Heleia crassirostris – Sumbawa and Flores
- Yellow-spectacled heleia, Heleia wallacei – Sumbawa to Sumba and Lembata