Uvb Bird Light. UVB enables birds to produce vitamin D also known as the sunshine vitamin which is essential for calcium metabolism and immune function. I have seen some bird lamps that have a high UVA content which is useful but only produce half of one per cent UVB which is not enough for birds to utilise.
Get it as soon as Thu Nov 5. Ultraviolet Light Effects on Feathers and Mate Selection. Like humans UVB lighting is provides vitamin-DBut unlike humans whom received UVB through their skin Birds create vitamin-D precursors when they preen their feathers.
They can see a multitude of different colors that we humans cannot see or even imagine.
The term full spectrum lighting however is commonly used by manufacturers to invoke associations to natural daylight without a rigorous scientific analysis and basis. This fourth primary color makes up the birds entire range of visible light. Birds can use those UV markings to help select mates or tell individual birds apart. Even though birds are exposed to UVB in their natural habitat UVB has been traditionally ignored for pet birds.