Heleia is a genus of birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.

One species, the spot-breasted heleia is restricted to the island of Timor.

[1] The pygmy white-eye is endemic to the island of Borneo.

[2] The thick-billed heleia, occurs on Flores and Sumbawa.

[4] The name is from Ancient Greek eleia, an unidentified small bird mentioned by the Greek scholar Callimachus.