Assessing bird colouration

Posted by Ross Ahmed on Dec 19, 2010; 7:38pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Assessing-bird-colouration-tp3686141.html

The following paper details how a spectrometer was used to analyse the
colouration of a type of bird called a Hoopoe:
http://www.nrm.se/download/18.382ec743113b0c5a2a180003662/Ericson+BOC+1997+Upupa.pdf

In the paper above, the spectrometer was used to analyse the colouration of
museum specimens of Hoopoe (i.e. the birds are dead/stuffed). Is it possible
to generate similar results by analysing a photo of
a dead/stuffed Hoopoe using Image J?

Any advice or comments welcome. Thanks in advance.

Ross