Female cuckoo calls elicit anti-predatory behavior in birds

Zhang, CJ; Jiang, XY; Li, M; Liang, JL; Liu, JP; Liang, W

Liang, W (corresponding author), Hainan Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Key Lab Trop Anim & Plant Ecol Hainan Prov, Minist Educ,Key Lab Ecol Trop Isl, Haikou 571158, Hainan, Peoples R China.

JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY, 2021; 39 (3): 393

Abstract

Imperfect Batesian mimicry is common in nature. Female common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus), for instance, seem to be imperfect mimics of hawks (Accipiter......

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