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Heleia squamifrons
Also known as: Pygmy White-eye
Basic stats
Diet
Insects, small fruit
Habitat
Montane forest
Range
Endemic to the mountains of Borneo
Clutch size
2 eggs
Incubation period
About 12 days
Size
Very small (8–9cm)
Wingspan
~11–13cm
Weight
~6–8g
A tiny Bornean mountain endemic, olive-brown and lacking the white eye-ring typical of most white-eyes, found in mossy montane forest.
Forages actively in mixed-species flocks through the understorey and mid-storey, gleaning small insects and taking soft fruit.
