Nestlings of the common cuckoo do not mimic begging calls of two closely related Acrocephalus hosts
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.01.005
Abstract: Nestlings of the obligate brood-parasitic common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, use diverse signals to manipulate host parents into feeding them. Begging calls, one of the most prominent parent–offspring communication signals, have been suggested to differ between… read more here.
Keywords: host species; begging calls; cuckoo; common cuckoo ... See more keywords