Extreme head-tilting in shorebirds: Predator detection and sun avoidance

Wader Study Group Bulletin

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-21

  van den Hout, Piet J ^a   Martin, Graham R ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability glare; Lateral vision; Pecten; Scanning; Shorebirds; Vigilance; Visual field

Indexed keywords

CALIDRIS BAIRDII; CHARADRIUS ALTICOLA; PECTEN;

EID: 84861634157     PISSN: 02603799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Archer, S.N., Djamgoz, M.B.A., Loew, E., Partridge, J.C. & Vallerga, S. 1999. Adaptive mechanisms in the ecology of vision. Kluwer, Dordrecht.
2. Bischof, H.J. 1988. The visual field and visually guided behavior in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). J. Comp. Physiol. A 163: 329-337.
3. Bloch, S., Jäger, R., Lemeignant, M. & Martinoya, C. 1988. Correlations between ocular saccades and head movements in walking pigeons. J. Physiol. 406: 173.
4. Brach, V. 1977. The functional significance of the avian pecten: a review. Condor 79: 321-327.
5. Caro, T. 2005. Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals. Chicago University Press, Chicago.
6. Chievitz, J.H. 1891. Über das Vorkommen der Area centralis retina in den vier höheren Wirbeltieklassen. Archiv für Anatomische Entwicklung 1891: 11-334.
7. Cronin, T.W. 2008. Visual Ecology. In: The Senses: A comprehensive reference, Vol. 1 Vision 1. A.I. Basbaum, A. Kaneko, G.M. Shepherd & G. Westheimer (eds). pp. 211-245. Academic Press, San Diego.
8. Cunningham, S., Castro, I. & Alley, M. 2007. A new prey-detection mechanism for kiwi (Apteryx spp.) suggests convergent evolution between paleognathous and neognathous birds. J. Anatomy 211: 493-502.
9. Dawkins, M.S. 2002. What are birds looking at? Head movements and eye use in chickens. Anim. Behav. 63: 991-998.
10. Dharmaretnam, M. & Andrew, R.J. 1994. Age-and stimulus-specific use of right and left eyes by domestic chick. Anim. Behav. 48: 1395-1406.
11. Dusenbery, D.B. 1992. Sensory Ecology: How Organisms Acquire and Respond to Information. Freeman, New York.
12. Fernández-Juricic, E., Erichsen, J.T. & Kacelnik, A. 2004. Visual perception and social foraging in birds. Trends Ecol. Evol. 19: 25-31.
13. George, I., Hara, E. & Hessler, N.A. 2006. Behavioral and neural lateralization of vision in courtship singing of the zebra finch. J. Neurobiol. 66: 1164-1173.
14. Guillemain, M., Martin, G.R. & Fritz, H. 2002. Feeding methods, visual fields and vigilance in dabbling ducks. Funct. Ecol. 16: 522-529.
15. Hancock, J.A. 2010. The Mechanics of Terrestrial Locomotion and the Function and Evolutionary History of Head-bobbing in Birds. PhD thesis, Ohio University, Ohio.
16. Jones, K.A., Krebs, J.R. & Whittingham, M.J. 2007. Vigilance in the third dimension: head movement not scan duration varies in response to different predator models. Anim. Behav. 74: 1181-1187.
17. Koboroff, A., Kaplan, G. & Rogers, L.J. 2008. Hemispheric specialization in Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) shown as eye preferences during response to a predator. Brain Res. Bull. 76: 304-306.
18. Lima, S.L. 1990. The influence of models on the interpretation of vigilance. In: Interpretation and Explanation in the Study of Animals Behavior: vol. 2. Explanation, Evolution and Adaptation. M. Bekoff & D. Jamieson (eds). pp. 246-267. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.
19. Lima, S.L. & Bednekoff, P.A. 1999. Back to the basics of antipredatory vigilance: can nonvigilant animal detect attack? Anim. Behav. 58: 537-543.
20. Lythgoe, J.N. 1979. The Ecology of Vision. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
21. Mann, I.C. 1924. The function of the pecten. Brit. J. Ophthalm. 8: 209-226.
22. Martin, G.R. 1985. Eye. In: Form and Function in Birds. A.S. King & J. McLelland. (eds). pp. 311-373. Academic Press, London.
23. Martin, G.R. 1986. The eye of a passeriforme bird, the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris): eye movement amplitude, visual fields and schematic optics. J. Comp. Physiol. 159: 545-557.
24. Martin, G.R. 1994 Visual fields in woodcocks Scolopax rusticola (Scolopacidae; Charadriiformes). J. Comp. Physiol. A 174: 787-793.
25. Martin, G.R. 2007. Visual fields and their functions in birds. J. Ornithol. 148 (Suppl 2): 547-562.
26. Martin, G.R. 2009. What is binocular vision for? A birds' eye view. J. Vision 9(11): 14: 1-19.
27. Martin, G.R. & Katzir, G. 2000. Sun shades and eye size in birds. Brain Behav. Evol. 56: 340-344.
28. Martin, G.R. & Coetzee, H.C. 2004. Visual fields in hornbills: precisiongrasping and sunshades. Brain Behav. Evol. 146: 18-26.
29. Martin, G.R. & Osorio, D. 2008. Vision in birds. In: The Senses: A comprehensive Reference, Vol. 1. Vision 1. A. I. Basbaum, A. Kaneko, G.M. Shepherd & G. Westheimer. (eds). pp. 211-245. Academic Press, San Diego.
30. Martin, G.R. & Piersma, T. 2009. Vision and touch in relation to foraging and predator detection: insightful contrasts between a plover and a sandpiper. Proc. Royal Soc. B 276: 437-445.
31. Metcalfe, N.B. 1984. The effects of habitat on the vigilance of shorebirds: is visibility important? Anim. Behav. 32: 981-985.
32. Montgomerie, R. & Weatherhead, P.J. 1997. How do robins find worms? Anim. Behav. 54: 143-151.
33. Nevitt, G.A. 1999. Olfactory foraging in Antarctic seabirds: A speciesspecific attraction to krill odors. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series 177: 235-241.
34. Nevitt, G.A. 2010. Sensory ecology on the high seas: The odor world of the procellariiform seabirds. J. Experim. Biol. 211: 1706-1713.
35. Piersma, T., van Aelst, R., Kurk, K., Berkhoudt, H. & Maas, L.R.M. 1998. A new pressure sensory mechanisms for prey detection in birds: the use of principles of seabed dynamics? Proc. Royal Soc. Lond. Series B 265: 1377-1383.
36. Rogers, L.J. 2008. Development and function of lateralization in the avian brain. Brain Res. Bull. 76: 235-244.
37. Slonaker, J.R. 1897. A comparative study of the area of acute vision in vertebrates. J. Morphol. 13: 445-492.
38. Tucker, V.A. 2000. The deep fovea, sideways vision and spiral flight paths in raptors. J. Experim. Biol. 203: 3745-3754.
39. Tucker, V.A., Tucker, A.E., Akers, K. & Enderson, H.J. 2000. Curved flight paths and sideways vision in peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus). J. Experim. Biol. 203: 3755-3763.
40. White, C.R., Day, N., Butler, P.J. & Martin, G.R. 2007. Vision and foraging in cormorants: more like herons than hawks? PLoSOne 2(7): 1-6.
41. White, C.R., Butler, P.J., Gremillet, D. & Martin, G.R. 2008. Behavioural strategies of cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae) foraging under challenging light conditions. PLoSOne 150 (Suppl. 1): 231-239.
42. Wood, C.A. 1917. The fundus oculi of birds. Lakeside Press, Chicago.
43. Zweers, G.A. & Gerritsen, A.F.C. 1997. Transitions from pecking to probing mechanisms in waders. Neth. J. Zool. 47: 161-208.