Avian Senses

What is true of birds in general: four-cone colour vision with ultraviolet sensitivity, trigeminal touch in the bill, and olfaction that was long underestimated. Species-specific discoveries branch from here.

Discoveries

  1. 2009 The principal sensory nucleus of the trigeminal nerve is enlarged, independently, in ducks, parrots and probing shorebirds.

Lessons