Crested white-eye

The crested white-eye or crested ibon (Heleia dohertyi) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands (Sumbawa and Flores).

Crested white-eye

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Heleia
Species:
H. dohertyi
Binomial name
Heleia dohertyi
Hartert, 1896

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Lophozosterops dohertyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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