Regent Whistler

A Pair of Poisonous Birds

Researchers in New Guinea have identified two new bird species that have toxic feathers. The regent whistler and the rufous-naped bellbird were found to contain a toxic substance named Batrachotoxin (BTX) in their feathers and bodies. This substance is better known from the skin of poison dart frogs.  Poison dart frogs do not produce this […]

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