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The common cuckoo is an effective indicator of high bird species richness in Asia and Europe [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2017
Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus is a charismatic bird species with a dominant presence in human culture: from folklore legends to nowadays there is evidence of cuckoos being a prime candidate as a surrogate of bird diversity.
Federico Morelli, Anders Pape Møller, Emma Nelson, Yanina Benedetti, Wei Liang, Petra Šímová, Marco Moretti, Piotr Tryjanowski   +7 more
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Sex allocation in relation to host races in the brood-parasitic common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Sex allocation theory and empirical evidence both suggest that natural selection should favour maternal control of offspring sex ratio in relation to their ability to invest in the offspring.
Frode Fossøy, Arne Moksnes, Eivin Røskaft, Anton Antonov, Andrzej Dyrcz, Csaba Moskat, Peter S Ranke, Jarkko Rutila, Johan R Vikan, Bård G Stokke   +9 more
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Rufous Common Cuckoo chicks are not always female [PDF]

Journal of Ornithology, 2018
The Common Cuckoo (hereafter Cuckoo) shows two adult plumage morphs—adult male plumage is grey and adult females are either grey or, less frequently, rufous. The situation is less clear in juveniles, as both sexes exhibit variable proportions of grey and rufous colour.
Jaroslav Koleček, Michal Šulc, Radka Piálková, Jolyon Troscianko, Milica Požgayová, Marcel Honza, Petr Procházka   +6 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome and the phylogenetic position of the common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus bakeri (Aves: Cuculiformes) [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
The complete mitochondrial genome of Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus bakeri) is determined in this study and was deposited in Genbank with accession number MN067867. The length of the mitogenome is 17,457 base pairs (bp) including 13 protein-coding genes (
Shi Qiu, Hua Liu, Yan-Sen Cai, Wei Hou, Liang Dou, Xiu-Yue Zhang, Jing Li   +6 more
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Fatal mobbing and attack of the common cuckoo by its warbler hosts [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
AbstractNest defense is an effective strategy of hosts against parasites. Typically, hosts will aggressively attack brood parasites that approach or visit their nests, which can prevent the parasites from laying eggs or may even lead to the death of the parasites.
Huahua Zhao, Haixia Luo, Hanlin Yan, Gangbin He, Longwu Wang, Wei Liang   +5 more
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Population decline is linked to migration route in the Common Cuckoo [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2016
Migratory species are in rapid decline globally. Although most mortality in long-distance migrant birds is thought to occur during migration, evidence of conditions on migration affecting breeding population sizes has been completely lacking. We addressed this by tracking 42 male Common Cuckoos from the rapidly declining UK population during 56 autumn ...
Hewson, Chris M., Thorup, Kasper, Pearce-Higgins, James W., Atkinson, Philip W.   +3 more
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Are tits really unsuitable hosts for the Common Cuckoo?

Ornis Fennica, 2014
Avian brood parasites exploit hosts that have accessible nests and a soft insect diet. Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) hosts were traditionally classified as suitable if both parameters were fulfilled or unsuitable if one, or both, were not. In line with this view, hole-nesting tits (Paridae) have become a text-book example of unsuitable Cuckoo hosts ...
Grim, Tomáš, Samaš, Peter, Procházka, Petr, Rutila, Jarkko   +3 more
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Spatiotemporal patterns of egg laying in the common cuckoo [PDF]

Animal Behaviour, 2021
Understanding egg-laying behaviour of brood parasites in space and time can improve our knowledge of interactions between hosts and parasites. However, no studies have combined information on the laying activity of an obligate brood parasite with detailed information on the distribution of host nests within an area and time period.
Jaroslav Koleček, Radka Piálková, Lubomír Piálek, Michal Šulc, Anna E. Hughes, Vojtěch Brlík, Petr Procházka, Milica Požgayová, Miroslav Capek, Kateřina Sosnovcová, Gabriela Štětková, Radka Valterová, Marcel Honza   +12 more
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Common cuckoo eggs are more resistant to puncture by the host [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
The puncture resistance hypothesis suggests that thick-shelled eggs of parasitic birds can resist puncture-ejection by the host. However, few experiments have yet been conducted to test this hypothesis in terms of natural host behavior (e.g., pecking at foreign eggs). To explore whether the eggshells of common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) are resistant to
Hanlin Yan, Longwu Wang, Wei Liang
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Double Parasitism by Two Cuckoo Gentes in a Daurian Redstart Nest [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Brood parasites lay their eggs in the nest of other species, thereby transferring the costs of parental care to their hosts. Occasionally, more than one female lays an egg in the same host nest, a phenomenon known as multiple parasitism.
Jinggang Zhang, Peter Santema, Chenyang Zhao, Zixuan Lin, Jianqiang Li, Wenhong Deng, Bart Kempenaers   +6 more
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