Pygmy white-eye
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: | Heleia |
Species: | H. squamifrons
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Binomial name | |
Heleia squamifrons (Sharpe, 1892)
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The pygmy white-eye (Heleia squamifrons), also known as the pygmy ibon, is a species of bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
Distribution and habitat[]
It is endemic to the hill forest and lower montane forest of northern Borneo.[2]
Behaviour[]
It feeds on small berries, fruits, seeds and insects, foraging in small flocks of 4 to 8 birds. It will associate with other birds when feeding, including other white-eyes, cuckoo-doves, yuhinas and erpornises. The species is common but inconspicuous.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Oculocincta squamifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
- va Balen, Bas (2008), "Family Zosteropidae (White-eyes)", in Josep, del Hoyo; Andrew, Elliott; David, Christie (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13, Penduline-tits to Shrikes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, p. 483, ISBN 978-84-96553-45-3
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Heleia
- Birds of East Malaysia
- Endemic birds of Borneo
- Birds described in 1892
- Taxa named by Richard Bowdler Sharpe
- Zosteropidae stubs