Photoluminescence in the bill of the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica

We report the discovery of photoluminescence in the ornamental bill of the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica. The excitation and emission properties of the ceres of one dead and three live individuals were similar.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Bird Study
Main Authors:	Dunning, Jamie, Diamond, Antony W, Christmas, Stephen E, Cole, Emma-Louise, Holberton, Rebecca L, Jackson, Hannah J, Kelly, Kevin G, Brown, Dean, Rivera, Indira Rojas, Hanley, Daniel
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2019
Subjects:	Atlantic puffin fratercula Fratercula arctica
Online Access:	http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3110018/ https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2018.1563771 http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3110018/1/Puffin%20paper%20v13.docx

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Summary:	We report the discovery of photoluminescence in the ornamental bill of the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica. The excitation and emission properties of the ceres of one dead and three live individuals were similar.