Fruithunter
| Fruithunter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Turdidae |
| Genus: | Chlamydochaera Sharpe, 1887 |
| Species: | C. jefferyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlamydochaera jefferyi Sharpe, 1887
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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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b BirdLife International (2012). "Chlamydochaera jefferyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Birds described in 1887
- Endemic birds of Borneo
- Turdidae
- Turdidae stubs