Hooded pitohui
The hooded pitohui is a songbird with reddish-brown and black feathers that lives in the forests of New Guinea. It is one of the few birds known to be poisonous, and its toxins are held in its skin and feathers, so it is best left alone.1

Com reconèixer-lo
- Black upperwing, head, chin, throat, upper breast and tail1
- Rest of the plumage is reddish brown1
- Black bill and legs1
- Males and females look alike1
- Young birds look like adults, but their tail and wing feathers are tinged with brown1
Sovint es confon amb: Other pitohuis are also poisonous and share a similar plumage, which is an example of convergent evolution. The non-poisonous juvenile greater melampitta has plumage similar to the hooded pitohui, which is Batesian mimicry.1
Poder tòxic
La seva pell és tòxica. És perillós tocar-lo, llepar-lo o menjar-se'l.
Què fan les seves toxines?
This bird is poisonous rather than venomous. Its skin, feathers and other tissues contain batrachotoxin compounds, including homobatrachotoxin, which is a neurotoxin that attacks the nerves. In 1990, scientists preparing museum skins of this bird felt numbness and burning when handling them.1
Com de perillós és per a les persones?
Perill per a les persones: DolorósPot fer molt de mal, però gairebé mai no és greu.Local hunters know the bird is toxic and avoid it. Harm is most likely from handling the skin or feathers, since the toxins are concentrated there.1
Què fa quan té por?
Its toxins are thought to deter predators and to help protect it from feather lice and ticks. Its bright, contrasting plumage may warn predators that it is distasteful.1
Si algú l'ha tocat o se l'ha menjat
- Si algú se l'ha menjat o té símptomes després de menjar-se'l: truca de seguida al número d'emergències o al centre de toxicologia.
Truca sempre primer al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911). Això són pautes generals de primers auxilis, no consells mèdics. Primers auxilis bàsics
Estigues segur
- No toquis, atrapis ni molestis mai un animal salvatge, encara que sigui petit i encara que sembli adormit o mort.
- Deixa-li espai. Si en trobes un, mantén la calma, recula a poc a poc i deixa que segueixi el seu camí.
- Si l'has tocat o te l'has menjat: no et freguis els ulls ni la boca, renta't les mans i busca ajuda mèdica.
No va a per tu. Les seves toxines només hi són perquè ningú no se'l mengi. Més sobre com estar segur
Que gran és?
Quant fa de llarg?
Quant pesa?
fa de llarg com 7 peces de construcció de joguina en fila
podria travessar volant un camp de futbol sencer en 9,5 segonsQue gran és Hooded pitohui comparat amb TU?
Només càlculs al teu navegador. No es desa ni s'envia res enlloc.
Com de ràpid va?
Dades
Batrachotoxins are among the most toxic compounds in nature by weight, about 250 times more toxic than strychnine.1
Some pitohui toxins were first found only in poison dart frogs of Central and South America.1
The birds' toxicity varies by location and by individual, and some birds have been collected with no detectable toxins.1
It lives in family groups and often joins and even leads mixed-species foraging flocks.1
The bird's song is a variable set of three to seven whistles, which can slur up or down.1
Desmuntamites
Mite: The bird makes its own poison.
Veritat: The bird does not make the toxin itself. It is thought to take the toxin from its diet, possibly from Choresine beetles that contain it.1
Per a experts en verins
- Nom científic
- Pitohui dichrous
- Grup
- Altres animals tòxics
- Família
- Oriolidae2
- Ordre
- Passeriformes
- Continents
- Austràlia i Oceania
- Cries
- The species is a cooperative breeder, and family groups help protect the nest and feed the young.1
- Com li va a la natura
- Common and not at risk of extinction, with stable numbers1
- Perill per a les persones
- 2 / 5: Dolorós3
D'on surten les dades
- Hooded pitohui (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pitohui dichrous (iNaturalist): noms i classificació.
- Venom Wiki: el nivell de perill, la mida típica i la velocitat estimada són nostres. Mira com els calculem: Com valorem el perill.
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Toxines a la pell


