Visual acuity of budgerigars for moving targets

For a bird, it is often vital to visually detect food items, predators, or individuals from the same flock, i.e. moving stimuli of various shapes. Yet, behavioural tests of visual spatial acuity traditionally use stationary gratings as stimuli. We have behaviourally tested the ability of budgerigars...

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Main Authors: Sandra Chaib, Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi, Olle Lind, Almut Kelber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2021-09-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/10/9/bio058796