Are birds color blind?

Birds are not color blind. These animals actually have more advanced color vision than human beings. Birds have photo pigments with sensitivities at four or five peak wavelengths, making them either tetrachromats or pentachromats. read more

There are two types of short wave color vision in birds: violet sensitive (VS) and ultraviolet sensitive (UVS). Single nucleotide substitutions in the SWS1 opsin sequence are responsible blue-shifting the spectral sensitivity of the opsin from violet sensitive (λ max = 400) to ultraviolet sensitive (λ max = 310-360). read more

No, birds are not color blind. Why do you think male birds are usually so much more colorful then the females. Their colors are vital in attracting a mate..if they could not see color..their virbrant colors would be useless. read more