The Cuckoo Is Remarkably Evolving to Outsmart Its Host Species
The researchers looked at two cuckoo species in particular: the shining bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus) and the little ...
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Cuckoo nestlings mimic the nestlings of their host bird (IMAGE)
TOP ROW: little bronze-cuckoo, host large-billed gerygone. SECOND ROW: shining bronze-cuckoo, host yellow-rumped thornbill. THIRD ROW: Horsfield’s bronze-cuckoo, host superb fairy-wren.