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Blue-capped ifrit

Ifrita kowaldi

Tekirina kabiTekirina kabi eri abantu. Tewali kya kweraliikirira.

Ensolo endala ez'obutwa

Obutwa mu lususu lwakyoKirya: EbiwukaKya butwa, si kya busagwa

Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

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

Kya butwa oba kya busagwa? Ensolo ez'obusagwa ziteeka obusagwa mu mubiri nga ziruma oba nga zibojja. Ensolo ez'obutwa za kabi okukwatako oba okulya. Kino kya butwa.

Kibeera mu

Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea, found nowhere else on Earth1

Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Awaka

It mainly lives in subtropical and tropical moist montane forests, usually at 1,500 metres or higher, and it depends on the forest ecosystem. It forages in small groups in these high-altitude forests.1

Obuwanvu

16 cm okutuuka ku 17 cm (6,3 in okutuuka ku 6,7 in)1

Obuzito

34 g okutuuka ku 36 g (1,2 oz okutuuka ku 1,3 oz)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 40 km/h (25 mph)

Kibuuka, kuteebereza bwokka

Kirya ki?

It eats mainly insects and worms. It forages carefully through moss, branches and tree trunks, and sometimes eats soft fruits.1

Ekifaananyi kya Blue-capped ifrit — Blue-capped ifrit. Ekifaananyi: Jay Pruett. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

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

Amaanyi g'obutwa

Obutwa mu lususu lwakyo

Olususu lwakyo lwa butwa. Kya kabi okukwatako, okukomba oba okulya.

Obutwa bwakyo bukola ki?

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

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

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

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

Its toxic feathers and skin protect it against predators and parasites.1

Omuntu bw'aba nga akikutteko oba akiridde

Omuntu bw'aba nga akiridde oba alina obubonero oluvannyuma lw'okukirya: kuba amangu ddala ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze oba ekifo ekikola ku butwa (poison centre).

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
Bw'oba okikutteko oba okiridde: tokolokota maaso go wadde akamwa, naaza engalo zo era funa obuyambi bw'abasawo.

Tekikunoonya. Obutwa bwakyo buliwo bwokka tewabaawo kikirya. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Wa mu nsi?

Afirika Asiya Bulaaya Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Kizitowa kyenkana wa?

kizitowa nga pepa kiripu 36

kiwanvu nga bbulooka 5 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okubuuka okusala ekisaawe ky'omupiira kyonna mu sikonda 9,5

Blue-capped ifrit kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

Omuntu adduka embiro ez'amaanyi nga 37 km/h (23 mph)

Blue-capped ifrit nga 40 km/h (25 mph)

Emmotoka mu kibuga nga 50 km/h (31 mph)

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

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

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: The bird makes its own poison.

Amazima: The toxin is thought to come from its diet, mainly Choresine beetles.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Ifrita kowaldi
Ekibinja: Ensolo endala ez'obutwa
Amaka: Ifritidae2
Ensengeka: Passeriformes
Ssemazinga: Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya
Abaana abawere: 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
Kiri kitya mu nsiko: Least concern1
Akabi eri abantu: 1 / 5: Kitono3

Ebituufu we biva

Blue-capped ifrit (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Ifrita kowaldi (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
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