Vision in Birds

Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 8 p.m.

Episode: 7SummaryIt can be argued that, of all the animals, birds are the best at seeing stuff. Most species have an excellent sense of sight.In this episode, I\u2019ll first introduce you to the anatomy of a bird\u2019s eye.Then, we\u2019ll look into (see what I did there?) how birds perceive color and their visual acuity.And last we\u2019ll talk about the difference between monocular and binocular vision in birds.Research CitationsWild hummingbirds and ultraviolet colors (Stoddard et al. 2020. PNAS)Seemingly m...