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Fruithunter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Chlamydochaera
Sharpe, 1887
Species:
C. jefferyi
Binomial name
Chlamydochaera jefferyi
Sharpe, 1887

The fruithunter or fruit-hunter (Chlamydochaera jefferyi), also known as the black-breasted fruit-hunter, is an enigmatic species of bird currently placed with the typical thrushes in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to forests on the south-east Asian island of Borneo.[2]

It is highly distinct from other thrushes, instead being convergent to Corvoidea such as trillers (Lalage) or true orioles (Oriolus). Thus it is placed in a monotypic genus Chlamydochaera.[citation needed]

The fruithunter is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Chlamydochaera jefferyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22708965A94187089. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708965A94187089.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.