Heleia

Heleia
Mees's white-eye, Heleia javanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Heleia
Hartlaub, 1865
Type species
Heleia muelleri (Timor heleia)
Hartlaub, 1865

Heleia is a genus of birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. One species, the Timor heleia is restricted to the island of Timor. The pygmy heleia is endemic to the island of Borneo. The thick-billed heleia, occurs on Flores and Sumbawa.

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