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Mohua/Yellowhead

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Camouflage clearly isn’t on the agenda for a mohua/yellowhead. “This gives us a good idea of what bits we are missing when we see these birds,” says Cain. The next step is to figure out what they’re saying through colour. Are they communicating their health, their dominance, their quality, their parental-care abilities, or something else entirely?
This photograph is created by two images captured on a full spectrum camera -one image documenting only ultraviolet (UV) and the other red-green-blue (RGB) light. The final is a blend of the ultraviolet and red-green-blue image—an approximation of how we think birds see, and how birds look to other birds, based on the research conducted so far.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 171 September October 2021.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/birds-eye-view-2/
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2021.
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Camouflage clearly isn’t on the agenda for a mohua/yellowhead. “This gives us a good idea of what bits we are missing when we see these birds,” says Cain. The next step is to figure out what they’re saying through colour. Are they communicating their health, their dominance, their quality, their parental-care abilities, or something else entirely?<br /> This photograph is created by two images captured on a full spectrum camera -one image documenting only ultraviolet (UV) and the other red-green-blue (RGB) light. The final is a blend of the ultraviolet and red-green-blue image—an approximation of how we think birds see, and how birds look to other birds, based on the research conducted so far. <br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 171 September October 2021.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/birds-eye-view-2/<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2021.<br /> Rights managed image. No Reproduction without prior written permission.