African Cuckoos

Research on brood parasites and other curious African birds

New book chapter on begging call mimicry

New book chapter on begging call mimicry

by | Apr 15, 2018

Begging calls provide nestling brood parasites with a powerful and flexible tool for avoiding rejection, altering parental provisioning and competing with host nestmates. Despite much research into the topic, no synthesis of parasite vocal strategies for host...