| 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 | |
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 native to the Borneo montane rain forests. [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 ] It was formerly called the black-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 a threatened species by the IUCN. [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]
