Blue-capped ifrit
Tooke nder nguru mumIna ñaama: Dabbaaji pamari (insect)Tooke memde walla ñaamde, wonaa tooke ŋatol walla fiɗolThe 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

No anndirto nde
- 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. Ina bone memde nde, memde nde e ɗemngal walla ñaamde nde.
Hol ko tooke mum (memde walla ñaamde) 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
Hol no nde woni bone e yimɓe?
Bone e yimɓe: HoyɗoNo fiɗol nyaaku walla ɓuri famɗude. Ɓadii alaa bone 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
Hol ko nde waɗata si nde hulii?
Its toxic feathers and skin protect it against predators and parasites.1
Si neɗɗo memii nde walla ñaamii nde
- Si neɗɗo ñaamii nde walla alaamaaji ñawu ngaɗii mo caggal ñaamde nde: noddu lamba ballal yaawngal walla nokku ballal tooke ɗoo ɗoon.
Sahaa fof, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) ko adii. Ɗum ko ballal arano kuuɓal, wonaa wasiyya doktaa. Aslu ballal arano
Reen hoore maa
- Taa memu, taa nanngu, taa aaɓnu dabbaare ladde abada, hay pamaro, hay si ina wayi no ɗaanii walla maayii.
- Accu nde nokku. Si a fottii e gooto, deeƴu, ruttu caggal seeɗa seeɗa, accu nde yaha laawol mum.
- Si a memii nde walla a ñaamii nde: taa momtu gite maa walla hunnduko maa, lootu juuɗe maa, heɓu ballal doktaa.
Nde ɗaɓɓaaki ma. Tooke mum ina woodi tan ngam taa huunde ñaama nde. Ɓeydu anndude no reentorto
Hol to e aduna?
Hol no nde mawni?
Hol no nde juuti?
Hol no nde teddi?
juuti no bulok fijo 5 jokkondiraaɗi
ina waawi diwde dow nokku fijo bal fof nder sakan 9,5Hol no Blue-capped ifrit mawni, fottindaade e AAN?
Hiisa tan nder browser maa. Alaa ko mooftetee walla ko neletee.
Hol no nde yaawi?
Anndal
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
Feññinoowo goonga
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
- Dabbaaji goɗɗi tooke memde walla ñaamde
- Besngu
- Ifritidae2
- Tolno
- Passeriformes
- Nahiyaaji
- Australiya e Oseaniya
- Ɓikkoy
- 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
- Hol no nde wonata e ladde
- Least concern1
- Bone e yimɓe
- 1 / 5: Hoyɗo3
Ɗo anndal iwi
- Blue-capped ifrit (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ifrita kowaldi (iNaturalist): inɗe e tolnugol.
- Venom Wiki: darja bone, mawnude woowaaɗo e miijo yaawre ko amen. Ndaar no min hiisirta ɗum: No min betiri bone.
Kala anndal e ngoo hello ina jogii limre hollirnde iwdi mum. Si min juumii, accu min, min yiɗɓe dabbaaji, wonaa jaridaa ganndal. Wiy min e [email protected] min feewnitay.



