- Black-breasted Fruit-hunter
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Black-breasted Fruit-hunter Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae Genus: Chlamydochaera Species: C. jefferyi Binomial name Chlamydochaera jefferyi
Sharpe, 1887The Black-breasted Fruit-hunter (Chlamydochaera jefferyi) is an enigmatic species of bird nowadays placed with the typical thrushes in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to forests on the south-east Asian island Borneo.
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 Black-breasted Fruit-hunter is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Chlamydochaera jefferyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
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