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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Blue-capped ifrit
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Blue-capped ifrit

Ifrita kowaldi
Ha e na kotsiHa e na kotsi ho batho. Ha ho letho la ho tshwenyeha.
Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang Chefo letlalong la yonaE ja: DikokoanyanaE chefang, eseng e nang le chefo
Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

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

E chefang kapa e nang le chefo? Diphoofolo tse nang le chefo di kenya chefo ka ho loma kapa ka ho hlaba. Diphoofolo tse chefang di kotsi ha o di ama kapa o di ja. Ena ke e chefang.
E phela
Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea, found nowhere else on Earth1
Australia le Oceania
Lapeng
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
Bolelele
16 cm ho isa ho 17 cm (6,3 in ho isa ho 6,7 in)1
Boima
34 g ho isa ho 36 g (1,2 oz ho isa ho 1,3 oz)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 40 km/h (25 mph)
Ho fofa, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It eats mainly insects and worms. It forages carefully through moss, branches and tree trunks, and sometimes eats soft fruits.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Blue-capped ifrit
Blue-capped ifrit. Foto: Jay Pruett. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

Matla a chefo

Chefo letlalong la yona

Letlalo la yona le a chefa. Ho kotsi ho e ama, ho e nyeka kapa ho e ja.

Chefo ya yona (e chefang ha o e ama kapa o e ja) e etsang?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

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

E etsang ha e tshohile?

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

Haeba motho a e amme kapa a e jele

  • Haeba motho a e jele kapa a na le matshwao ka mora ho e ja: letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso kapa setsi sa chefo (poison centre) hang-hang.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba o e amme kapa o e jele: o se ke wa hohla mahlo kapa molomo, hlatswa matsoho mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka.

Ha e o batle. Chefo ya yona e teng feela hore ho se be le letho le e jang. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Blue-capped ifrit bolelele ba e ka bang 17 cm (6,7 in)Fono e bohlale e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)Banana e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)

E boima hakae?

e boima jwaloka diklipi tsa pampiri tse 36
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 5 molenge ka fofa ho tshela lebala lohle la bolo ya maoto ka metsotswana e 9,5

Blue-capped ifrit e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

Its toxin-covered feathers may rub off onto its egg or nest, which may protect them from predators.1

5

The species is an ancient one that dates back to the Oligocene epoch, when New Guinea was a series of islands.1

6

It is the only living member of its family, Ifritidae, so the family has just one species.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: The bird makes its own poison.

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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Ifrita kowaldi
Sehlopha
Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang
Lelapa
Ifritidae2
Tatelano
Passeriformes
Dikontinente
Australia le Oceania
Masea
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
Boemo ba yona naheng
Least concern1
Kotsi ho batho
1 / 5: E bobebe3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Blue-capped ifrit (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ifrita kowaldi (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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