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Asymmetry of eye color in the common cuckoo [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Bilateral symmetry is assumed to contribute to the evolution of eye color, with the left and right eye being the same color in most vertebrates; yet, few studies tested this assumption. Here, we compared the amount of iris flecking (black spots presented
Ha-Na Yoo, Jin-Won Lee, Jeong-Chil Yoo
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Common cuckoo females remove more conspicuous eggs during parasitism [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Avian obligate brood parasites gain an advantage by removing the eggs of the cuckoos who have already visited the nest, which can increase the chances of survival for their offspring.
Longwu Wang +3 more
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Syntax errors do not disrupt acoustic communication in the common cuckoo [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 AbstractWhen acoustic communication signals are distorted, receivers may misunderstand the signal, rendering it ineffective. Common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) are popularly known for the males’ simple, two-note advertisement calls, the “cu-coo” used for declaring the male’s breeding territories.
Csaba Moskát, Márk E. Hauber
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Quintuple parasitism of a great reed warbler nest by common cuckoos [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Multiple parasitism in obligate avian brood parasites occurs when several brood parasitic females lay their eggs in the nest of the same host. While multiple parasitism is common in the highly social, nonevicting cowbird species (Molothrus sp.), in which
Attila Marton
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Ecological Indicators, 2022 Identifying proper surrogate species or groups is a challenging but critical step in the application of surrogate species approaches in biodiversity conservation because their effectiveness can vary according to biological communities.
Seongho Yun, Jin-Won Lee
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Animals, 2022 The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is an obligate brood parasite that has evolved a series of strategies to trick its hosts. The female cuckoo has been hypothesized to mimic the appearance and sounds of several raptors to deceive the hosts into ...
Jiaojiao Wang +3 more
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Common Cuckoo Nestling Adapts Its Begging Behavior to the Alarm Signaling System of a Host
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Cuckoo nestlings thrive as avian brood parasites. To acquire sufficient food from the host parents, cuckoo nestlings generally make louder begging calls than host nestlings, but this may cause them to be more likely to attract the attention of predators.
Jiaojiao Wang +5 more
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Egg eviction imposes a recoverable cost of virulence in chicks of a brood parasite. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BackgroundChicks of virulent brood parasitic birds eliminate their nestmates and avoid costly competition for foster parental care. Yet, efforts to evict nest contents by the blind and naked common cuckoo Cuculus canorus hatchling are counterintuitive as
Michael G Anderson +5 more
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Avian Research, 2021 Background In the last decade, enigmatic male-like cuckoo calls have been reported several times in East Asia. These calls exhibited a combination of vocal traits of both Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) and Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) advertising ...
Swetlana G. Meshcheryagina, Alexey Opaev
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iScience, 2023 Summary: As the frontline defense against avian brood parasitism, nest defense is important in reducing nest parasitism and increasing host fitness.
Longwu Wang +5 more
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