Do birds in flight respond to (ultra)violet lighting?

Table 2 Groundtruthed avian radar tracks to species (group) during the testing period

Species (group)	UVS sensitivity	Number of individuals	Altitude (m)
Species (group)	UVS sensitivity	Number of individuals	Mean	SD
Large gulls species	UVS	282	9.2	14.1
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)	(VS)	13	5.6	2.3
Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima)	(VS)	28	5.7	0.6
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)	(VS)	2	5.5
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)	VS	20	5.5	0.0
Small gulls species	UVS	14	24.0	60.8
Diving ducks (Aythyinae spp.)	(VS)	26	5.2	2.2
Total		385	9.2	17.4

The second column indicates the species sensitivity within the (ultra)violet spectrum, as derived from (Håstad et al. 2005; Ödeen et al. 2010; Ödeen and Håstad 2013). Sensitivity indicated in brackets are indicative and derived from species within the same phylogenetic family

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