ultraviolet light Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Shiny feathers in the mountains

By Chih-Ming Hung|2021-09-30T11:45:55+00:0020 Sep 2021|adaptation, alpine birds, avian biology, colouration, communication, diversification, evolution, feathers, forest birds, IBIS, island birds, passerines, phenotypic variation, plumage, population divergence, ultraviolet light|

Mountain babblers reflect more UV light than lowland babblers

Glowing horns in a secretive seabird

By Bradley Wilkinson|2020-10-12T16:02:25+00:0026 Feb 2019|adaptation, biofluorescence, Breeding, Fluorescence, ornamentation, reproductive signalling, Seabirds, ultraviolet light|

Rhinoceros Auklets found to have fluorescent bill structures during breeding season