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An eagle's eye: quality of the retinal image.

Abstract

The optical quality of a living eagle's eye was determined by an ophthalmoscopic method. The performance of the eye was substantially better than that reported for humans, but did not confirm some of the wilder claims made for such birds.

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Year: 1972 PMID： 5033635 DOI： 10.1126/science.176.4037.920

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728

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1. Retinal ganglion cell topography and spatial resolution of two parrot species: budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) and Bourke's parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii).

Authors: Mindaugas Mitkus; Sandra Chaib; Olle Lind; Almut Kelber
Journal: J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol Date: 2014-03-28 Impact factor: 1.836

2. Spatial contrast sensitivity of birds.

Authors: Mimi M Ghim; William Hodos
Journal: J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol Date: 2006-01-11 Impact factor: 1.836

3. A scanning electron microscope study of the pecten oculi of the black kite (Milvus migrans): possible involvement of melanosomes in protecting the pecten against damage by ultraviolet light.

Authors: S G Kiama; J Bhattacharjee; J N Maina; K D Weyrauch
Journal: J Anat Date: 1994-12 Impact factor: 2.610

An eagle's eye: quality of the retinal image.

1. Retinal ganglion cell topography and spatial resolution of two parrot species: budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) and Bourke's parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii).

2. Spatial contrast sensitivity of birds.

3. A scanning electron microscope study of the pecten oculi of the black kite (Milvus migrans): possible involvement of melanosomes in protecting the pecten against damage by ultraviolet light.

4. [Contrast sensitivity and visual acuity in animals].

5. The refractive development of the eye of the American kestrel (Falco sparverius): a new avian model.

6. Vision and foraging in cormorants: more like herons than hawks?

7. Decoration Increases the Conspicuousness of Raptor Nests.