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.
Spot-breasted Heleia (Heleia) [XC68455]
by Mike Nelson from 5 km or so from the Indonesian border on the S coast inland on the road to (Swai), East Timor (call)
Spot-breasted Heleia (Heleia) [XC32596]
by Colin Trainor from , East Timor (extended rattle)
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.