The pitohui bird contains this toxin?
The feathers of the pitohui bird bird of New Guinea contains batrachotoxin. It is thought that the birds don’t synthesize this poison but rather get it from their food supply. Melyrid beetles are thought to be the source of the toxin. (https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/pitohui-bird-contains-deadly-batrachotoxin (Accessed 22 May 2020))
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