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

Uko wayimenya
- 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
Imbaraga z'uburozi
Uruhu rwayo rufite uburozi. Ni bibi kuyikoraho, kuyirigata cyangwa kuyirya.
Uburozi bwayo bukora iki?
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
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: YorohejeNko guterwa urubori n'uruyuki cyangwa munsi yaho. Mu by'ukuri ntacyo itwaye 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
Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?
Its toxic feathers and skin protect it against predators and parasites.1
Niba hari uwayikozeho cyangwa uwayiriye
- Niba hari uwayiriye cyangwa afite ibimenyetso nyuma yo kuyirya: hamagara ako kanya nimero y'ubutabazi cyangwa ikigo gishinzwe uburozi.
Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze
Irinde akaga
- Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
- Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
- Niba wayikozeho cyangwa wayiriye: ntukube amaso cyangwa umunwa, karaba intoki kandi ushake ubufasha bwa muganga.
Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Uburozi bwayo buriho gusa kugira ngo hatagira ikiyirya. Ibindi ku kwirinda
Ingana gute?
Ireshya ite?
Iremera ibingana iki?
ireshya n'ibice 5 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongo
yaguruka ikambuka ikibuga cyose cy'umupira w'amaguru mu masegonda 9,5Blue-capped ifrit ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
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
Usenya ibinyoma
Ikinyoma: The bird makes its own poison.
Ukuri: The toxin is thought to come from its diet, mainly Choresine beetles.1
Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara
- Izina rya siyansi
- Ifrita kowaldi
- Itsinda
- Izindi nyamaswa zifite uburozi
- Umuryango
- Ifritidae2
- Itsinda rinini (order)
- Passeriformes
- Imigabane
- Ositaraliya na Oseyaniya
- Abana bato
- 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
- Uko imeze mu gasozi
- Least concern1
- Akaga ku bantu
- 1 / 5: Yoroheje3
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Blue-capped ifrit (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ifrita kowaldi (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
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Uburozi mu ruhu rwayo


