Re: Parrot eyesight??

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Roger Scott

Read it in the BirdTalk magazine, August 2003, page 18 talks about birds seeing
colors.

NaDeana wrote:

> Does anyone here have any articles (websites) with information regarding
> parrot, more specifically cockatiel, eyesight? I have had a question posed
> to me about the ability of parrots to see a wider spectrum of colours than
> humans and that they also prefer red over all other colours. I have not read
> this nor can find any articles pertaining to these topics. Thanks in
> advance.

Owly

http://www.gla.ac.uk/ibls/DEEB/ka/abstracts/uvsas.pdf

Also, try a search for Sophie Pearn in the UK (Bristol maybe?) - this is her
area of specialization and may have some papers published.

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owly
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"Roger Scott" <rescott2@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:3F0DBAA1.D0319B93@worldnet.att.net...
> Read it in the BirdTalk magazine, August 2003, page 18 talks about birds
seeing
> colors.
>
> NaDeana wrote:
>
> > Does anyone here have any articles (websites) with information regarding
> > parrot, more specifically cockatiel, eyesight? I have had a question
posed
> > to me about the ability of parrots to see a wider spectrum of colours
than
> > humans and that they also prefer red over all other colours. I have not
read
> > this nor can find any articles pertaining to these topics. Thanks in
> > advance.
>

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