Thick-billed heleia

Thick-billed heleia
1. Lophozosterops superciliaris ; 2. Heleia crassirostris ; 3. Pachycephala nudigula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Zosteropidae
Genus:Heleia
Species: H. crassirostris
Binomial name
Heleia crassirostris
(Hartert, 1897)

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

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Heleia crassirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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