Hooded pitohui
The hooded pitohui is a songbird with reddish-brown and black feathers that lives in the forests of New Guinea. It is one of the few birds known to be poisonous, and its toxins are held in its skin and feathers, so it is best left alone.1

Ako ho spoznať
- Black upperwing, head, chin, throat, upper breast and tail1
- Rest of the plumage is reddish brown1
- Black bill and legs1
- Males and females look alike1
- Young birds look like adults, but their tail and wing feathers are tinged with brown1
Často sa zamieňa s: Other pitohuis are also poisonous and share a similar plumage, which is an example of convergent evolution. The non-poisonous juvenile greater melampitta has plumage similar to the hooded pitohui, which is Batesian mimicry.1
Sila toxínu
Jeho koža je toxická. Je nebezpečné dotknúť sa ho, olízať ho alebo ho zjesť.
Čo robí jeho toxín?
This bird is poisonous rather than venomous. Its skin, feathers and other tissues contain batrachotoxin compounds, including homobatrachotoxin, which is a neurotoxin that attacks the nerves. In 1990, scientists preparing museum skins of this bird felt numbness and burning when handling them.1
Aké nebezpečné je pre ľudí?
Nebezpečenstvo pre ľudí: BolestivéMôže to poriadne bolieť, ale skoro nikdy to nie je vážne.Local hunters know the bird is toxic and avoid it. Harm is most likely from handling the skin or feathers, since the toxins are concentrated there.1
Čo robí, keď sa bojí?
Its toxins are thought to deter predators and to help protect it from feather lice and ticks. Its bright, contrasting plumage may warn predators that it is distasteful.1
Ak sa ho niekto dotkol alebo ho zjedol
- Ak ho niekto zjedol alebo má po zjedení príznaky: hneď volaj tiesňovú linku alebo toxikologické centrum.
Vždy najprv zavolaj na tiesňovú linku (112, 000, 911). Toto sú všeobecné rady prvej pomoci, nie lekárska rada. Základy prvej pomoci
Buď v bezpečí
- Nikdy sa nedotýkaj divého zvieraťa, nechytaj ho ani ho nedráždi, aj keď je malé a aj keď vyzerá, že spí alebo je mŕtve.
- Nechaj mu priestor. Ak nejaké stretneš, zostaň pokojný, pomaly cúvni a nechaj ho ísť svojou cestou.
- Ak si sa ho dotkol alebo si ho zjedol: nešúchaj si oči ani ústa, umy si ruky a vyhľadaj lekársku pomoc.
Nejde po tebe. Jeho toxín je tam len na to, aby ho nikto nezjedol. Viac o tom, ako zostať v bezpečí
Aké je veľké?
Aké je dlhé?
Koľko váži?
dlhé ako 7 kociek stavebnice v rade
by preletelo celé futbalové ihrisko za 9,5 sekúndAký veľký je Hooded pitohui v porovnaní s TEBOU?
Iba matematika v tvojom prehliadači. Nič sa neukladá ani nikam neposiela.
Aké je rýchle?
Fakty
Batrachotoxins are among the most toxic compounds in nature by weight, about 250 times more toxic than strychnine.1
Some pitohui toxins were first found only in poison dart frogs of Central and South America.1
The birds' toxicity varies by location and by individual, and some birds have been collected with no detectable toxins.1
It lives in family groups and often joins and even leads mixed-species foraging flocks.1
The bird's song is a variable set of three to seven whistles, which can slur up or down.1
Lovec mýtov
Mýtus: The bird makes its own poison.
Pravda: The bird does not make the toxin itself. It is thought to take the toxin from its diet, possibly from Choresine beetles that contain it.1
Pre znalcov jedov
- Vedecký názov
- Pitohui dichrous
- Skupina
- Ďalšie toxické zvieratá
- Rodina
- Oriolidae2
- Rad
- Passeriformes
- Kontinenty
- Austrália a Oceánia
- Mláďatá
- The species is a cooperative breeder, and family groups help protect the nest and feed the young.1
- Ako sa mu darí v prírode
- Common and not at risk of extinction, with stable numbers1
- Nebezpečenstvo pre ľudí
- 2 / 5: Bolestivé3
Odkiaľ sú fakty
- Hooded pitohui (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pitohui dichrous (iNaturalist): mená a klasifikácia.
- Venom Wiki: úroveň nebezpečenstva, typická veľkosť a odhad rýchlosti sú naše vlastné. Pozri, ako ich určujeme: Ako hodnotíme nebezpečenstvo.
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