Blue-capped ifrit
Tooke e nguru mumIna ñaama: ƁuuɓuuliTooke ɓanndu, wonaa tooke ŋatgolThe 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 anndirte 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 ɓanndu
Nguru mum ina jogii tooke. Ina bonna so meemaama, lakkaama walla ñaamaama.
Hol ko 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
Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?
Bone e yimɓe: HoyɗoNo jukkugol ñaaki walla ko ɓuri famɗude. Ko ɓuri heewde 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 ngal waɗata so ina hula?
Its toxic feathers and skin protect it against predators and parasites.1
So neɗɗo meemii ngal walla ñaamii ngal
- So neɗɗo ñaamii ɗum walla ina jogii maandeeji caggal ñaamde ɗum: noddu nimero urgence walla centre antipoison ɗoo e sahaa oo.
Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal
Reen hoore maa
- Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
- Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
- So a meemii ngal walla a ñaamii ngal: wota a moomtu gite maa walla hunduko maa, loot juuɗe maa, heɓ ballal cafrol.
Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Tooke mum woni tan ngam wota huunde ñaam ngal. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo
Hol to e aduna?
Hol no mawniri?
Hol no juutiri?
Hol no teddiri?
juutde no kaaɗe mahirɗe 5 ɗaɓɓondiraaɗe
ina waawi diwde taƴde nokku ball timmuɗo e segonde 9,5Hol no Blue-capped ifrit mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?
Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.
Hol no 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
Feññinoowo fenaande
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 jogiiɗe tooke ɓanndu
- Ɓesngu
- Ifritidae2
- Ordre
- Passeriformes
- Leyɗe mawɗe
- Ostaraali e Oseyaani
- Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
- 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 ngal woniri e ladde
- Least concern1
- Bone e yimɓe
- 1 / 5: Hoyɗo3
Ɗo humpito iwri
- Blue-capped ifrit (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ifrita kowaldi (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
- Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.
Kala humpito e ngoo hello ina jogii limoore hollirnde iwdi mum. So men juumii, yaafo, men ko yiɗɓe kulle, wonaa jaaynde ganndal. Wiy men e [email protected], men feewnita.



