Yellow-spectacled Heleia

Overview

Yellow-spectacled Heleia (Heleia wallacei) is a species of White-eyes (Zosteropidae) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines).

Scientific Classification

Genus: Heleia; binomial: Heleia wallacei; authority: (Finsch, 1901).

Distribution

Breeding range: Australasia.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Formerly Zosterops wallacei, but this taxon is related to Lophozosterops [Heleia] (Moyle et al. 2009). Change (15.1) Engiish name of Heleia wallacei from Yellow-ringed White-eye to Yellow-spectacled Heleia to align with Clements.