| Fruithunter | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Chlamydochaera Sharpe, 1887 |
| Species: | C. jefferyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlamydochaera jefferyi Sharpe, 1887 | |
Thefruithunter orfruit-hunter (Chlamydochaera jefferyi), also known as theblack-breasted fruit-hunter, is an enigmatic species ofbird currently placed with the typicalthrushes in thefamily Turdidae. It is native to theBorneo montane rain forests.[2]
It is highly distinct from other thrushes, instead beingconvergent toCorvoidea such as trillers (Lalage) or true orioles (Oriolus). Thus it is placed in amonotypicgenusChlamydochaera.[citation needed] It was formerly called theblack-breasted triller and placed within the family Campephagidae. Its breeding biology has only been recently detailed.[3] The female fruithunter broods and incubates the two eggs that are laid, and the male assists in feeding the nestlings.
The fruithunter is not considered athreatened species by theIUCN.[1]
This species was first described in 1887 by Richard Bowdler Sharpe based on specimens of a male and female collected on Mount Kinabalu.[4]
