Template:Did you know nominations/Hooded pitohui


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:42, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Hooded pitohui

 * ... that the toxin found in the skin of the hooded pitohui (pictured), a bird from New Guinea, is the same as that found in poison arrow frogs?  Source: Three passerine species in the genus Pitohui, endemic to the New Guinea subregion, contain the steroidal alkaloid homobatrachotoxin, apparently as a chemical defense. Toxin concentrations varied among species but were always highest in the skin and feathers. Homobatrachotoxin is a member of a class of compounds collectively called batrachotoxins that were previously considered to be restricted to neotropical poison-dart frogs of the genus Phyllobates.
 * ALT1:... that the hooded pitohui (pictured) was one of the first birds discovered to be toxic? Source: same as above
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/May Bonfils Stanton

5x expanded by Sabine's Sunbird (talk). Self-nominated at 08:47, 6 June 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Article has been expanded enough within the requisite timeframe. It is long enough, reliably sourced, and free of copyvios that I can detect. The hooks are cited, and are appropriately sourced. I've copyedited the hooks a little bit, to fix formatting. The article could use a copy-edit as well: but the issues are not serious enough to hold this up, in my view. I strongly prefer the original hook. Vanamonde (talk) 10:04, 6 June 2017 (UTC)