Pygmy heleia
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| Pygmy heleia | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this 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 heleia (Heleia squamifrons), also known as the pygmy ibon and pygmy white-eye,[2] is a species of bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]It is endemic to the hill forest and lower montane forest of northern Borneo.[3]
Behaviour
[edit | edit source]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
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