The hooded pitohui of New Guinea is one of the few known poisonous birds. Its feathers and skin contain batrachotoxins, potent neurotoxins also found in poison dart frogs. Local hunters are aware of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the summer of 1989, Jack Dumbacher was a fresh-faced ornithologist-in-training on his maiden expedition to the lush rainforests ...

Closely related to the hooded pitohui, the northern variable pitohui also contains batrachotoxins The red warbler, native to Mexico, is another bird that carries toxins in its feathers The European ...

While birds are generally perceived as harmless, a few species possess toxins for defense, acquired through their diet. The hooded pitohui and blue-capped ifrita use toxins in their skin and feathers, ...

A bird with toxic feathers may have taken on the colors of a poisonous neighbor, according to a new genetic analysis. Plenty of butterflies have evolved copycat warning colors, but cases of bird ...