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Cuckoo eyes are an important identification cue for the Oriental reed warbler host. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Parasitol Parasites Wildl
Yan H, Wang L, Ma L, Liang W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Genetic evidence for female host-specific races of the common cuckoo

Nature, 2000
The common cuckoo Cuculus canorus is divided into host-specific races (gentes). Females of each race lay a distinctive egg type that tends to match the host's eggs, for instance, brown and spotted for meadow pipit hosts or plain blue for redstart hosts. The puzzle is how these gentes remain distinct.
H L, Gibbs   +5 more
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Adaptations of meadow pipits to parasitism by the common cuckoo

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1989
The meadow pipit Anthus pratensis is one of the most frequent hosts in Europe parasitized by the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus. The cuckoo normally removes one or more of the host eggs and replaces them with one of its own. The aim of the present study, which was conducted in an upland area of Central Norway, was to test the following question ...
A. Moksnes, E. R�skaft
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Host-Race Formation in the Common Cuckoo

Science, 1998
The exploitation of a new host by a parasite may result in host-race formation or speciation. A brood parasitic bird, the common cuckoo, is divided into host races, each characterized by egg mimicry of different host species. Microsatellite DNA markers were used to examine cuckoo mating patterns and host usage in an area where a new host has been ...
, Marchetti, , Nakamura, , Gibbs
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Color Morph Variation in Two Brood Parasites: Common Cuckoo and Lesser Cuckoo

Ornithological Science, 2016
Abstract Variation in plumage color in the family Cuculidae has become an interesting subject for model systems in the study of avian color evolution. It is notable that in certain parasitic species, such as the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus and Lesser Cuckoo C.
Hee-Jin Noh, Jin-Won Lee, Jeong-Chil Yoo
openaire   +1 more source

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