SOME NOTES ON THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE STRIPED CUCKOO

Autor:	Peter Steyn
Rok vydání:	1973
Předmět:	Brood parasite biology Ecology Host (biology) Jerking movements Zoology Parasitism Jacobin cuckoo biology.organism_classification Cuckoo Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Striped cuckoo
Zdroj:	Ostrich. 44:163-169
ISSN:	1727-947X 0030-6525
DOI:	10.1080/00306525.1973.9639156
Popis:	Summary Steyn, P. 1973. Some notes on the breeding biology of the Striped Cuckoo. Ostrich 44: 163–169. Information is presented on the breeding biology of the Striped Cuckoo, a species for which little authentic material exists. A number of cases of parasitism of the Arrow-marked Babbler are given. Pre-laying behaviour is similar to that of the Jacobin Cuckoo. The blue egg of the cuckoo may be distinguished on several minor points, but mainly because it is rounder and broader than those of the host species. The growth and development of a nestling is outlined up to its ninth day when it was killed by a snake. It was reared to this stage with three babbler chicks, probably because several babblers contribute to feeding the nestlings. The cuckoo gains weight very rapidly, and it is suggested that this is because of its brighter gape and more intense gaping response which ensure that it is fed preferentially. Anti-predator devices such as open-gaped lunges, jerking movements of the body and the exudation of ...
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