Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Sarcopterygii » Tetrapoda » Diapsida » Archosauria » Aves » Neoaves » Passeriformes » Ptilonorhynchidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Red cone562nm567nm591nm602nm
Double cone562nm415nm439nm562nm
Green cone511nm515nm534nm545nm
Rod503nm  503nm
Blue cone454nm423nm435nm456nm
Vio/UV cone410nm  410nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Double cone   Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Red-Green
604nm - 588nm - 545nm
 
Red cone Green cone Photopic
Orange-Blue
601nm - 530nm - 456nm
 
Green cone
Red cone
Blue cone Photopic
Blue-UV
466nm - 437nm - 410nm
 
Blue cone Vio/UV cone Photopic

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Notes and References:

Coyle B.J., Hart N.S., Carleton K.L., Borgia G. (2012) Limited variation in visual sensitivity among bowerbird species suggests that there is no link between spectral tuning and variation in display colouration. The Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 1090-1105. http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/215/7/1090/DC1

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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