Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Sarcopterygii » Tetrapoda » Diapsida » Archosauria » Aves » Galloanserae » Galliformes

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Red cone567nm570nm590nm602nm
Double cone567nm408nm460nm567nm
Green cone505nm510nm530nm540nm
Rod505nm  505nm
Blue cone456nm450nm470nm482nm
Vio/UV cone419nm  419nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone   Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Red-Green
603nm - 587nm - 540nm
 
Red cone Green cone Photopic
Orange-Aqua
601nm - 528nm - 482nm
 
Green cone
Red cone
Blue cone Photopic
Blue-UV
483nm - 464nm - 419nm
 
Blue cone Vio/UV cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Bowmaker, J. K., Heath, L.A., Wilkie, S. E., & Hunt, D. M. (1996) Visual Pigments and Oil Droplets from Six Classes of Photoreceptor in the Retinas of Birds Vis. Res., 37(16) pp. 2183-94

Hart, N. S. (2001) The Visual Ecology of Avian Photoreceptors. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 675 to 703, 2001

Osorio D., Vorobyev M., Jones C.D. (1999) COLOUR VISION OF DOMESTIC CHICKS. Journal of Experimental Biology 202, 2951-2959

Ghim MM, Hodos W (2006) Spatial contrast sensitivity of birds. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 192(5):523-34. doi:10.1007/s00359-005-0090-5

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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