Pygmy Heleia
Heleia squamifrons(Sharpe, RB, 1892)
English (US) Pygmy Heleia
The Pygmy Heleia (Heleia squamifrons) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Zosteropidae (White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: montane moss forest of northern Borneo (Sabah)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Heleia squamifrons
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pygmy Heleia
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1892)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Zosterops squamifrons
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1892)
- Type locality
- Mt. Dulit, Sarawak.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.6, vol.4, no.14 p.323
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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