Alternative name: Grey-hooded Ibon; Grey-hooded Heleia; Grey-hooded Dark-eye; Binaia Heleia
- Heleia pinaiae
Lophozosterops pinaiae
Identification
14 cm (5½ in)
- Olive-grey head and neck
- Brownish tinge on crown and ear-coverts
Distribution
Tree-fern forests of Seram, (southern Moluccas) Indonesia
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Montane fern forest at heights between 1100–2450 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of insect larvae, berries and fruit. Usually singly or in pairs; they sometimes feed in mixed flocks at lower elevations.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- van Balen, B. (2021). Gray-hooded White-eye (Heleia pinaiae), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gyhwhe1.01.1
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Grey-hooded White-eye. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Grey-hooded_White-eye
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
