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IBIS
Volume 154, Issue 3, Pages 626-631Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01227.x
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binocular vision; blind area; Gyps africanus; Gyps fulvus; vision; visual fields; wind turbines
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The visual fields of vultures contain a small binocular region and large blind areas above, below and behind the head. Head positions typically adopted by foraging vultures suggest that these visual fields provide comprehensive visual coverage of the ground below, prohibit the eyes from imaging the sun and provide extensive visual coverage laterally. However, vultures will often be blind in the direction of travel. We conclude that by erecting structures such as wind turbines, which extend into open airspace, humans have provided a perceptual challenge that the vision of foraging vultures cannot overcome.
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