Scanning Electron Microscopy of the Iridescent Feather Architectonics of the White Throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus, Apodidae, Aves)

摘要

By means of SEM, it has been demonstrated that structural coloration of the needletail Hirunda-pus caudacutus depends on architectonics of iridescent feathers of the bird.