Thick-billed White-eye (Heleia crassirostris)

Other Names (World)
Thick-billed White-eye, Lesser Sunda Lowland White-eye, Sunda White-eye, Flores White-eye, Stripe-headed White-eye, Thick-billed Heleia

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartert, 1897)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia.

Sumbawa and Flores (Lesser Sunda Is).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Thick-billed Heleia (Heleia crassirostris) [XC31383]
by Gavino Strebel from Flores, Raren, Indonesia (song)

Thick-billed Heleia (Heleia crassirostris) [XC350580]
by Raf Drijvers from Kelimutu, Kabupaten Ende, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Possibly forms a superspecies with Spot-breasted White-eye (Heleia muelleri), but the two seem to be very well differentiated in plumage and vocalizations. Birds from Sumbawa perhaps slightly larger and with perhaps more cream colour on crown, sometimes separated as junior (described from Batu Dulang), but differences from Flores birds considered insufficient to warrant naming of geographical subspecies.

References
See References.

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