A behavioral study of refraction, corneal curvature, and accommodation in raptor eyes

A Glasser, MT Pardue, ME Andison… - Canadian journal of …, 1997 - cdnsciencepub.com
Since there is much speculation in the literature regarding the accommodative abilities of
raptors, we undertook a behavioral study of accommodation in the five families of raptors. The …

Ophthalmology of Accipitrimorphae, Strigidae, and Falconidae: hawks, eagles, vultures, owls, falcons, and relatives

BA Moore, F Montiani-Ferreira - Wild and Exotic Animal Ophthalmology …, 2022 - Springer
… This statement is largely a reflection of raptor vision, as it has been previously alluded to
that the raptor eye is about as perfectly designed as could be hoped, although it is not without …

Eye size, fovea, and foraging ecology in accipitriform raptors

S Potier, M Mitkus, F Bonadonna, O Duriez… - Brain Behavior and …, 2017 - karger.com
… group, species which strongly rely on vision should have larger eyes than species that rely
more … Using SD-OCT, we measured birds from 12 raptor species in 2 falconry parks: Le Grand …

Hawk eyes I: diurnal raptors differ in visual fields and degree of eye movement

CT O'Rourke, MI Hall, T Pitlik, E Fernández-Juricic - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
… Understanding raptor vision and behavior can shed light into the diversity of predator hunting
strategies and potentially the evolution of anti-predator behavior in birds [30], [31], as prey …

[PDF][PDF] Raptor acuity and wind turbine blade conspicuity

HP McIsaac - Proceedings of National Avian-Wind Power Planning …, 2001 - osti.gov
… bird-vision capabilities and limitations, and, thus, a poor basis for predicting how changes in
a raptor’s … -based studies of raptor visual capacity were undertaken to determine whether the …

Avian vision: a review of form and function with special consideration to birds of prey

MP Jones, KE Pierce Jr, D Ward - Journal of exotic pet medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
… actually benefit more from monocular vision versus binocular vision, because they are able
to … use monocular vision (central fovea) to view distant objects (such as prey or another raptor

The deep fovea, sideways vision and spiral flight paths in raptors

VA Tucker - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2000 - journals.biologists.com
… acute vision straight ahead. However, anatomical studies (cited below) suggest that vision
is … , and observations of raptor behavior incidental to laboratory studies of vision indicate that …

Visual acuity in an opportunistic raptor, the chimango caracara (Milvago chimango)

S Potier, F Bonadonna, A Kelber, O Duriez - Physiology & Behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
… Miktus for improving the english and fruitful discussions on raptor vision. SP was supported
by a PhD fellowship from the Labex Cemeb and the Association Française des Parcs …

Analysis and implementation of the foveated vision of the raptor eye

AD Long, RM Narayanan, TJ Kane… - … , and Applications III, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
… This paper presents an analysis of the bifoveated vision of raptors and presents a method
vision of the raptor with a system more closely related to the biological structure of the raptor

The visual fields of the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)

AE Brewer, W de Moraes, TAC Ferreira, AT Somma… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
… visual fields of the largest tropical raptor, the Harpy Eagle (… to date of any diurnal raptor
species, and relatively narrow … visual acuity, and color vision will improve our understanding …