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

Mmene ungaizindikirire
- 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
Mphamvu ya poizoni
Khungu lake lili ndi poizoni. Ndi yoopsa kuikhudza, kuinyambita kapena kuidya.
Poizoni wake umachita chiyani?
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
Ndi yoopsa bwanji kwa anthu?
Ngozi kwa anthu: YofatsaNgati kulasidwa ndi njuchi kapena pang'ono kuposa pamenepo. Pafupifupi yosavulaza anthu.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
Imachita chiyani ikachita mantha?
Its toxic feathers and skin protect it against predators and parasites.1
Ngati munthu waikhudza kapena waidya
- Ngati munthu waidya kapena ali ndi zizindikiro ataidya: imbira nambala yadzidzidzi kapena malo othandiza pa za poizoni (poison centre) nthawi yomweyo.
Nthawi zonse yamba wayimbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911). Awa ndi malangizo wamba a chithandizo choyamba, osati malangizo a dokotala. Zoyambira za chithandizo choyamba
Khala wotetezeka
- Usakhudze, kugwira kapena kuseweretsa nyama yakuthengo, ngakhale yaing'ono, ndipo ngakhale ikuoneka ngati yagona kapena yafa.
- Ipatse malo. Ukakumana nayo, khala chete, bwerera m'mbuyo pang'onopang'ono ndipo uilole ipite njira yake.
- Ngati unaikhudza kapena kuidya: usasisite maso kapena pakamwa, sambitsa m'manja ndipo peza thandizo la dokotala.
Sikufuna kukuvulaza. Poizoni wake ulipo kuti pasapezeke choidya. Zambiri za kukhala wotetezeka
Kuti padziko lapansi?
Ndi yaikulu bwanji?
Ndi yaitali bwanji?
Ndi yolemera bwanji?
yaitali ngati zidutswa zomangira zoseweretsa 5 pamzere
ingauluke kudutsa bwalo lonse la mpira m'masekondi 9,5Blue-capped ifrit ndi yaikulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWE?
Ndi masamu chabe mu msakatuli wako. Palibe chomwe chimasungidwa kapena kutumizidwa kwina.
Imathamanga bwanji?
Mfundo
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
Kuthetsa nthano zabodza
Nthano yabodza: The bird makes its own poison.
Zoona: The toxin is thought to come from its diet, mainly Choresine beetles.1
Za akatswiri a ululu
- Dzina la sayansi
- Ifrita kowaldi
- Gulu
- Nyama zina za poizoni
- Banja
- Ifritidae2
- Dongosolo
- Passeriformes
- Makontinenti
- Australia ndi Oceania
- Ana akhanda
- 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
- Mmene ilili kuthengo
- Least concern1
- Ngozi kwa anthu
- 1 / 5: Yofatsa3
Kumene mfundo zimachokera
- Blue-capped ifrit (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ifrita kowaldi (iNaturalist): mayina ndi magulu a sayansi.
- Venom Wiki: mlingo wa ngozi, kukula wamba ndi kuyerekeza kwa liwiro ndi zathu. Ona mmene timazipezera: Mmene timayezera ngozi.
Mfundo iliyonse patsamba lino ili ndi nambala yosonyeza kochokera. Ngati talakwitsa, pepani, ndife okonda nyama, osati magazini a sayansi. Tiuze pa [email protected] ndipo tikonza.
Poizoni pakhungu lake


