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Hooded pitohui

Pitohui dichrous

名字的由来： "Pitohui" is a Papuan word meaning "rubbish bird", a reference to the bird being inedible. "Dichrous" comes from Ancient Greek and means "two coloured".1

只是会疼不要触摸会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

其他有毒动物

皮肤里有毒吃：什么都来一点碰了或吃了有毒，不注射毒液

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

有毒还是有毒液？有毒液的动物通过咬或蜇注入毒液。有毒的动物是碰了或吃了会受害。这一种是碰了或吃了有害的。

生活在

Endemic to New Guinea and the nearby island of Yapen1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

首页

It lives in rainforest, forest edges, secondary growth and sometimes mangrove forests. It is found from sea level up to 2,000 m, and is most common in hills and low mountains.1

长度

22 cm到23 cm (8.7 in到9.1 in)1

体重

65 g到76 g (2.3 oz到2.7 oz)1

最高速度

约 40 公里/小时（25 英里/小时）

飞行, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

Its diet is mostly fruit, especially figs, along with grass seeds, insects and other invertebrates such as beetles, spiders and earwigs. It may also eat small vertebrates.1

Hooded pitohui的照片 — Hooded pitohui。照片：unknown。 CC0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

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

常被误认为： 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

毒力

皮肤里有毒

它的皮肤有毒。摸、舔或吃都很危险。

它的毒会造成什么？

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

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

它害怕时会做什么？

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

如果有人碰了或吃了它

如果有人吃了它，或吃后出现症状：立刻拨打急救电话或中毒急救中心。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果你碰了或吃了它：不要揉眼睛或嘴巴，洗手并就医。

它不是冲着你来的。它的毒只是为了不被吃掉。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

它有多重？

和 76 个回形针一样重

和 7 块玩具积木排成一排一样长9.5 秒就能飞过一整个足球场

Hooded pitohui和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一个全力冲刺的人 约 37 公里/小时 (23 mph)

Hooded pitohui 约 40 公里/小时 (25 mph)

一辆在城里开的汽车 约 50 公里/小时 (31 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

谣言粉碎机

谣言： The bird makes its own poison.

真相： 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

给毒液专家

学名: Pitohui dichrous
类别: 其他有毒动物
家人: Oriolidae2
排序: Passeriformes
大洲: 澳大利亚和大洋洲
宝宝: The species is a cooperative breeder, and family groups help protect the nest and feed the young.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Common and not at risk of extinction, with stable numbers1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3