| Pygmy white-eye | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Heleia |
| Species: | H. squamifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Heleia squamifrons (Sharpe, 1892) | |
The pygmy white-eye (Heleia squamifrons), also known as the pygmy ibon, is a species of bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to the hill forest and lower montane forest of northern Borneo.
Behaviour
It feeds on small berries, fruits, seeds and insects, foraging in small flocks of 4 to 8 birds. It will associate with other birds when feeding, including other white-eyes, cuckoo-doves, yuhinas and erpornises. The species is common but inconspicuous.
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Heleia squamifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22714319A94411467. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22714319A94411467.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
- va Balen, Bas (2008), "Family Zosteropidae (White-eyes)", in Josep, del Hoyo; Andrew, Elliott; David, Christie (eds.), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 13, Penduline-tits to Shrikes, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, p. 483, ISBN 978-84-96553-45-3
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Oculocincta squamifrons | |
| Zosterops squamifrons | |
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