Thick-billed heleia

The thick-billed heleia (Heleia crassirostris), also known as the Flores white-eye, is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in the Indonesian islands of Sumbawa and Flores. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Thick-billed heleia
1. Lophozosterops superciliaris ; 2. Heleia crassirostris ; 3. Pachycephala nudigula

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Heleia
Species:
H. crassirostris
Binomial name
Heleia crassirostris
(Hartert, 1897)

References

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


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