Blue-capped ifrit
The 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

Yadda za ka gane shi
- 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
Ƙarfin guba
Fatarsa tana da guba. Yana da haɗari a taɓa shi, a lasa shi ko a ci shi.
Me gubarsa take yi?
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
Yaya haɗarinsa yake ga mutane?
Haɗari ga mutane: Mai sauƙiKamar harbin ƙudan zuma ko ƙasa da haka. Kusan ba shi da lahani ga mutane.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
Me yake yi idan ya ji tsoro?
Its toxic feathers and skin protect it against predators and parasites.1
Idan wani ya taɓa shi ko ya ci shi
- Idan wani ya ci shi ko yana da alamomi bayan ya ci shi: ka kira lambar gaggawarka ko cibiyar guba nan take.
Kullum ka fara kiran lambar gaggawa (112, 000, 911). Wannan jagorar agajin gaggawa ce ta gaba ɗaya, ba shawarar likita ba. Muhimman abubuwan agajin gaggawa
Kiyaye lafiya
- Kada ka taɓa, kada ka kama, kada ka tsokani dabbar daji, ko da ƙarama ce, kuma ko da tana kama da tana barci ko ta mutu.
- Ka ba shi sarari. Idan ka haɗu da ɗaya, ka natsu, ka koma baya a hankali kuma ka bar shi ya bi hanyarsa.
- Idan ka taɓa shi ko ka ci shi: kada ka goge idanunka ko bakinka, ka wanke hannayenka kuma ka nemi taimakon likita.
Ba ya neman cutar da kai. Gubarsa tana nan ne kawai don kada wani abu ya cinye shi. Ƙarin bayani game da kiyaye lafiya
Yaya girmansa yake?
Yaya tsawonsa yake?
Yaya nauyinsa yake?
tsawon tubalan gini na wasa 5 a jere
zai iya tashi ya ƙetare dukan filin ƙwallon ƙafa cikin daƙiƙa 9.5Yaya girman Blue-capped ifrit yake idan aka kwatanta da KAI?
Lissafi ne kawai a cikin burauzarka. Ba a adana komai ko a aika ko'ina.
Yaya saurinsa yake?
Bayanai
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
Mai karya tatsuniya
Tatsuniya: The bird makes its own poison.
Gaskiya: The toxin is thought to come from its diet, mainly Choresine beetles.1
Don ƙwararru a kan dafi
- Sunan kimiyya
- Ifrita kowaldi
- Rukuni
- Sauran dabbobi masu guba
- Iyali
- Ifritidae2
- Tsari
- Passeriformes
- Nahiyoyi
- Ostareliya da Oceania
- Jarirai
- 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
- Yadda yake a cikin daji
- Least concern1
- Haɗari ga mutane
- 1 / 5: Mai sauƙi3
Inda bayanan suka fito
- Blue-capped ifrit (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ifrita kowaldi (iNaturalist): sunaye da rarrabuwa.
- Venom Wiki: matakin haɗari, girman al'ada da ƙiyasin sauri namu ne. Ga yadda muke lissafa su: Yadda muke auna haɗari.
Kowane bayani a wannan shafi yana da lamba da ke nuna tushensa. Idan mun yi kuskure, ka yi haƙuri, mu masoya dabbobi ne, ba mujallar kimiyya ba. Ka gaya mana a [email protected] kuma za mu gyara.
Guba a fatarsa


