Color vision of the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus): Hue matches, tetrachromacy, and intensity discrimination

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 933-951

  Goldsmith, Timothy H ^a   Butler, Byron K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus; Color vision of birds; Hue matches; Intensity discrimination; Ultraviolet vision

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INDIVIDUALITY; PARAKEET; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INDIVIDUALITY; MELOPSITTACUS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 26444480741     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0024-2     Document Type: Article

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