Acoustic overtones improve the discrimination of conspecific female calls by male common cuckoos from similar heterospecific calls
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DOI: 10.1007/s10071-025-01966-x
Abstract: Acoustic communication in obligate brood parasitic common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) plays an important role both in social contacts within its own and with other species (including its many hosts). For example, the female cuckoo’s bubbling… read more here.
Keywords: cuckoos; female; heterospecific calls; call ... See more keywords
Flying on their own wings: young and adult cuckoos respond similarly to long-distance displacement during migration
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64230-x
Abstract: Common cuckoos Cuculus canorus are obligate nest parasites yet young birds reach their distant, species-specific wintering grounds without being able to rely on guidance from experienced conspecifics – in fact they never meet their parents.… read more here.
Keywords: adult cuckoos; young adult; flying wings; migration ... See more keywords