N, western and central Borneo, ranging from Gunung Kinabalu south to Gunung Mulu and Gunung Dulit, also Gunung Nyiut and Bukit Baka-Bukit Raya National Park.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Fruithunter (Chlamydochaera jefferyi) [XC490218]
by Hans Matheve from Mt Kinabalu Nr Park HQ Sabah, Malaysia (call)
Fruithunter (Chlamydochaera jefferyi) [XC244150]
by Mike Nelson from Mount Kinabalu, Jalan Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Formerly placed in family Oriolidae. Systematic position until relatively recently undecided, and more frequently placed in family Campephagidae. Biomolecular and anatomical analyses, as well as nest structure, however, indicate that it belongs in present family.