Heleia

Heleia is a genus of birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. One species, the spot-breasted heleia is restricted to the island of Timor. The pygmy white-eye is endemic to the island of Borneo. The thick-billed heleia, occurs on Flores and Sumbawa.

The genus Heleia was introduced in 1865 by the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub to accommodate the spot-breasted heleia. The name is from Ancient Greek eleia, an unidentified small bird mentioned by the Greek scholar Callimachus.

The genus contains ten species:


 * Mees's white-eye (Heleia javanica)
 * Grey-hooded white-eye (Heleia pinaiae)
 * Pygmy white-eye (Heleia squamifrons)
 * Mindanao white-eye (Heleia goodfellowi)
 * Streak-headed white-eye (Heleia squamiceps)
 * Cream-browed white-eye (Heleia superciliaris)
 * Crested white-eye (Heleia dohertyi)
 * Spot-breasted heleia (Heleia muelleri)
 * Thick-billed heleia (Heleia crassirostris)
 * Yellow-ringed white-eye (Heleia wallacei)