Spot-breasted White-eye (Heleia muelleri)

Other Names (World)
Spot-breasted White-eye, Spot-breasted Dark-eye, Streak-breasted White-eye, Timor White-eye, Spot-breasted Heleia

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hartlaub, 1865

Habitat
Monsoon forest. From sea-level - 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Timor-Leste (B) (NB).

Timor, in 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) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through logging, clearance for agriculture and mining activities, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Spot-breasted Heleia (Heleia) [XC32596]
by Colin Trainor from , East Timor (extended rattle)

Spot-breasted Heleia (Heleia muelleri) [XC32586]
by Frank Lambert from Namulutu River, Lore, Lautem, East Timor (rattle, squabbling)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Possibly forms a superspecies with Thick-billed White-eye (Heleia crassirostris), but the two seem to be very well differentiated in plumage and vocalizations.

References
See References.

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