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Tetrachromatic color vision modeling (Trochilidae)

Subcategory: behavioral choice
Standard reference: References to Vorobyev and Osorio color vision models
Papers: 2 | Mentions: 3

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Description

Novel method using programmable LED devices to test color discrimination in free-flying hummingbirds through reward-based choice experiments. Birds choose between tubes displaying different colors in avian tetrachromatic color space, with sucrose rewards for correct choices.

Typical Equipment

  • TetraColorTubes
  • tripod platforms
  • sucrose solution
  • Ocean Optics USB4000 spectrometer

Output Measurements

  • color discrimination probability
  • choice frequency
  • learning curves

Papers Using This Protocol (3)

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Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesintroducing
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Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesusing
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Synchronization of speed, sound and iridescent color in a hummingbird aerial courtship dive

2018Nature Communicationsusing