Iridescent plumage in satin bowerbirds

Iridescent plumage in satin bowerbirds: structure, mechanisms and ...

The melanin layer of satin bowerbird barbules is so thick and densely packed that it likely absorbs most of the light that reaches it and thus ...

Iridescent plumage in satin bowerbirds: structure, mechanisms and ...

Iridescence is produced by coherent scattering of light waves from alternating layers of materials of different refractive indices. In birds, iridescent ...

Iridescent plumage in satin bowerbirds: structure, mechanisms and ...

Here we use electron microscopy, spectrometry and thin-film optical modeling to investigate the glossy, ultraviolet-blue iridescent plumage colouration of ...

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The microstructure of satin bowerbird barbules is characterized, the mechanisms responsible for producing ultraviolet iridescence in these barbules are ...

Iridescent plumage in satin bowerbirds: Structure, mechanisms and ...

It follows, therefore, that apart from a protective role of feather pigments, birds may have developed other defense mechanisms for preventing detrimental ...

Multiple sexual ornaments in satin bowerbirds: ultraviolet plumage ...

In contrast to other features of the sexual display of male satin bowerbirds, the structurally based iridescent plumage of males has received less attention ...

Iridescent plumage in satin bowerbirds: structure, mechanisms and ...

Thus,we have characterized the microstructure of satin bowerbird barbules,uncovered the mechanisms responsible for producing ultraviolet iridescence in these ...

Elliot Pl. 28, Satin Bower-bird | A Monograph of the Birds of Paradise

This hand-colored lithograph conveys Elliot's acute understanding of the bird's shape, iridescent plumage, and native habitat.

Iridescent plumage in satin bowerbirds: structure, mechanisms and ...

Iridescent plumage in satin bowerbirds: structure, mechanisms and nanostructural predictors of individual variation in colour. scientific article published ...

Blue, not UV, plumage color is important in satin bowerbird

In satin bowerbirds Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, adult males have an iridescent short-wavelength (UV-blue) saturated plumage with peak reflectance in the UV ( ...

Bowerbirds: Meet the Bird World's Kleptomaniac Love Architects

Male satin bowerbirds have rich, iridescent plumage that appears blue or black, depending on the light, and vivid royal-blue eyes. The ...

Evolution of brilliant iridescent feather nanostructures - eLife

Iridescent plumage colors are produced by nanostructures in feathers and have evolved in diverse birds. The building blocks of these structures— ...

Structural plumage colour and parasites in satin bowerbirds ...

In iridescent blue adult males, plumage reflectance is unimodal, with a single peak in the ultraviolet, while in greenish females and juveniles, plumage ...

Structural plumage colour and parasites in satin bowerbirds