Avian photoreceptors are a diverse class of neurons, comprised of four single cones, the two
members of the double cone, and rods. The signaling events and transcriptional regulators …

Collisions between birds and aircraft (bird strikes) are expensive, risk human lives, and
increase bird mortality. Aircraft lighting has been proposed as a potential means of …

Studies of avian visual communication are often approached from the perspective of
adaptation-based hypotheses couched in an ecological framework. Despite their …

Color vision is utilized by animals to navigate the environment, distinguish between objects
(eg prey and conspecifics), perceive differences in fitness between potential mates, as well …

Avian vision is among the most highly developed of all animals. Birds utilise fine spatial
acuity and colour discrimination, visual abilities mediated by a set of six photoreceptor types …