Blue-capped ifrit
Tooke nder nguru mumNo ñaama: ƁuuɓuuliTookeejo ɓanndu, wanaa naatnoowo tookeThe blue-capped ifrit is a small forest bird with a bright blue cap on its head. It lives only in the high, wet forests of New Guinea. It matters because its feathers and skin carry a strong poison that the bird picks up from its food.1

Hono anndirtee ngal
- Brown upperparts with finely dotted wing edges, and light-yellow underparts1
- A bright blue cap outlined in black, with a small black spot on the crown1
- A long white stripe beside the eye, with a thin black line inside it, and a narrow white ring around the eye1
- A stout body with a broad chest, short rounded wings and feathered legs1
- Males have whiter ear streaks and more vivid head and neck colours than females1
Doole tooke
Nguru mum ko tooke. No musiiba meemugol ngal, meemugol ngal e ɗemngal walla ñaamugol ngal.
Ko honɗun tooke ɓanndu mum waɗata?
This bird is poisonous rather than venomous, because it does not bite or sting. Its feathers and skin contain batrachotoxin (BTX), a neurotoxin, which is a poison that attacks the nerves. BTX holds open the sodium channels in muscle and nerve cells, which can cause muscle paralysis and potentially death. It is thought to be deadlier than cyanide, and in people it causes sneezing, irritation and allergic reactions when they handle the bird.1
Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?
Musiiba e yimɓe: SeeɗaNo jukkugol ñaaki walla ko ɓuri famɗugol. Ko ɓadii alaa musiiba e yimɓe.Handling the bird can cause sneezing, irritation and allergic reactions in people. The toxin is thought to be deadlier than cyanide, but the bird is not aggressive.1
Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?
Its toxic feathers and skin protect it against predators and parasites.1
Si neɗɗo meemii walla ñaamii ngal
- Si neɗɗo ñaamii ngal walla no jogii maandeeji caggal ñaamugol ngal: noddu nimero ballal walla centre antipoison jooni jooni.
Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal
Reen hoore maa
- Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
- Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
- Si a meemii walla a ñaamii ngal: wota a moomtu gite maa walla hunuko maa, loot juuɗe maa, heɓu ballal doktoro.
Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Tooke mum woodi tun ngam wota huunde ñaam ngal. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa
Hoto nder aduna?
Hono mawniri?
Hono juutiri?
Hono teddiri?
juuti no kaaɗe mahirɗe 5 e diisa gooto
no waawi diwugol taccugol nokku bal fow nder segonde 9,5Hono Blue-capped ifrit mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?
Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.
Hono yaawiri?
Humpito
It is one of the few birds known to store batrachotoxin, a poison that is thought to be deadlier than cyanide, in its feathers and skin.1
It is resistant to its own poison because of a gene mutation that changes the shape of its sodium channel. Similar mutations are found in poison dart frogs.1
It does not make its own poison. It gets the toxin from Choresine beetles it eats, and possibly from soil mites or certain plants.1
Its toxin-covered feathers may rub off onto its egg or nest, which may protect them from predators.1
The species is an ancient one that dates back to the Oligocene epoch, when New Guinea was a series of islands.1
It is the only living member of its family, Ifritidae, so the family has just one species.1
Bonnoowo fenaandeeji
Fenaande: The bird makes its own poison.
Goonga: The toxin is thought to come from its diet, mainly Choresine beetles.1
Ngam ganduɓe tooke
- Innde ganndal
- Ifrita kowaldi
- Fedde
- Kulle goɗɗe tookeeje ɓanndu
- Ɓesngu
- Ifritidae2
- Ordre
- Passeriformes
- Leyɗe mawɗe
- Ostarali e Oseyani
- Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
- Nesting runs from August to November. Each clutch usually holds a single white egg with black and purple spots, laid in a nest of moss and fern about 2 to 3 metres above the ground.1
- Hono ngal woniri nder ladde
- Least concern1
- Musiiba e yimɓe
- 1 / 5: Seeɗa3
Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri
- Blue-capped ifrit (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ifrita kowaldi (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
- Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.
Kala humpito nder ngoo hello no jogii limoore hollirnde iwdi mum. Si min juumii, yaafo, min ko yiɗɓe kulle, wanaa jaaynde ganndal. Haalan min e [email protected], min feewnitan.



