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Unexpectedly low UV-sensitivity in a bird, the budgerigar.

Chavez, Johanna LU ; Kelber, Almut LU ; Vorobyev, Misha and Lind, Olle LU (2014) In Biology letters 10(11).
Abstract
Photoreceptor adaptation ensures appropriate visual responses during changing light conditions and contributes to colour constancy. We used behavioural tests to compare UV-sensitivity of budgerigars after adaptation to UV-rich and UV-poor backgrounds. In the latter case, we found lower UV-sensitivity than expected, which could be the result of photon-shot noise corrupting cone signal robustness or nonlinear background adaptation. We suggest that nonlinear adaptation may be necessary for allowing cones to discriminate UV-rich signals, such as bird plumage colours, against UV-poor natural backgrounds.
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1744-9561
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10.1098/rsbl.2014.0670
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