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Common Cuckoo Nestling Adapts Its Begging Behavior to the Alarm Signaling System of a Host [PDF]
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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Components of variation in female common cuckoo calls [PDF]
Behavioural Processes, 2019 Investigations on bird vocalizations have largely focused on males. Female vocalizations are widespread in birds but few studies have investigated female vocal characteristics, particularly in non-Passeriformes. In this study, we use new field recordings from China, and calls available from an online sound library to examine temporal patterns, call ...
Zhuqing Deng +5 more
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Testing the Interspecific Function of Female Common Cuckoo “Bubbling” Call [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Female common cuckoo (Cuculus canorous) predator-like “bubbling” calls distract host parental attention and reduce the egg rejection rate. Such “bubbling” calls are also frequently used to attract males and deter territorial rivals in intraspecies ...
Yanyi Wang +6 more
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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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Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) versus common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus): An example of ineffective cuckoo-hawk mimicry. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 AbstractThe red‐backed shrike (Lanius collurio) used to be one of the most common hosts of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). Nevertheless, during the last 30 years, there is increasing evidence from Central Europe that the occurrence of cuckoo chicks in shrike nests has become scarcer, and that in some locations they have disappeared completely ...
Krausová L +8 more
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Syntax errors do not disrupt acoustic communication in the common cuckoo. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 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.
Moskát C, Hauber ME.
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Spring arrival of the common cuckoo at breeding grounds is strongly determined by environmental conditions in tropical Africa. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2023 Davies JG +5 more
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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 females may escape male sexual harassment by color polymorphism. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 AbstractSexual conflict over mating rate is widely regarded as a selective force on the evolution of female-limited color polymorphism in invertebrates, such as damselflies and butterflies. However, evidence confirming its use in higher vertebrates remains limited.
Lee JW, Kim HN, Yoo S, Yoo JC.
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