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Species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The pygmy white-eye (Heleia squamifrons), also known as the pygmy ibon, is a species of bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
Pygmy white-eye | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: | Heleia |
Species: | H. squamifrons |
Binomial name | |
Heleia squamifrons (Sharpe, 1892) | |
It is endemic to the hill forest and lower montane forest of northern Borneo.[2]
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.
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