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Wiley, James W. "Anti-brood parasite strategies of naïve populations of nesting birds in Puerto Rico." Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 25, no. 2 (2012): 41–63. https://doi.org/10.55431/jco.2012.25.41-63.

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Abstract: The Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis), a generalist brood parasite, arrived in Puerto Rico in the 1940s or early 1950s. No previous record of brood parasites exists for Puerto Rico, so the avian communities had no defenses specialized to counter cowbird parasitism. Nevertheless, some native species were parasitized at high rates, whereas others were able to avoid cowbird parasitism. I examined native bird behaviors that reduced the chance of parasitism, with the prediction that some ecological or behavioral mechanisms used to counter nest depredation may effectively counter paras

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Brodhead, Katherine M., Scott H. Stoleson, and Deborah M. Finch. "Southwestern Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax Traillii Extimus) in a Grazed Landscape: Factors Influencing Brood Parasitism." Auk 124, no. 4 (2007): 1213–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/124.4.1213.

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Abstract Brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater; hereafter “cowbirds”) is an important factor contributing to the endangered status of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus, hereafter “flycatcher”). We report on factors that influence brood parasitism on the flycatcher using seven seasons of nest data (n = 491 nests) collected in riparian patches comprising cottonwood (Populus fremontii), willow (Salix spp.), and boxelder (Acer negundo) along the Gila River in southwest New Mexico. We quantified habitat and landscape characteristics that might be ass

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Smith, Ashlee N., and Mark C. Belk. "Evidence for Interspecific Brood Parasite Detection and Removal in Burying Beetles." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2018 (2018): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2712945.

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We tested whether brood parasitism could be successful between two co-occurring species of burying beetles, Nicrophorus guttula and Nicrophorus marginatus, and whether these species exhibit an adaptive response to brood parasitism by detecting and removing parasites. We cross-fostered larvae between broods of the two species and created mixed-species broods to simulate the addition of brood parasites. Brood parasites survived in both species’ broods. Nicrophorus marginatus culled 86% of brood parasites compared to 56% of their own larvae, and N. guttula culled 50% of brood parasites compared t

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Gloag, Ros, and Madeleine Beekman. "The brood parasite's guide to inclusive fitness theory." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, no. 1769 (2019): 20180198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0198.

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Hamilton's theory of inclusive fitness provides a framework for understanding the evolution of social behaviour between kin, including parental and alloparental care. Brood parasitism is a reproductive tactic in which parasites exploit the care of other individuals of the same species (conspecific parasitism) or different species (interspecific parasitism) to rear their brood. Here, drawing from examples in birds and social insects, we identify two insights into brood parasitism that stem from inclusive fitness theory. First, the kin structure within nests, or between neighbouring nests, can c

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Cohen, Marcus S., M. Brent Hawkins, David W. Stock, and Alexander Cruz. "Early life-history features associated with brood parasitism in the cuckoo catfish, Synodontis multipunctatus (Siluriformes: Mochokidae)." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, no. 1769 (2019): 20180205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0205.

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The cuckoo catfish, Synodontis multipunctatus , is the only known obligate brood parasite among fishes, exploiting the parental care of mouthbrooding cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika. Comparisons of this system to brood parasitism in birds may reveal broader principles that underlie the evolution of this life-history strategy in vertebrates. However, little is known about the features of the cuckoo catfish that enable this species to successfully parasitize cichlids. Here, we examine early ontogeny of the cuckoo catfish and compare it to that of its cichlid hosts as well as a non-parasitic

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Stevens, Martin. "Bird brood parasitism." Current Biology 23, no. 20 (2013): R909—R913. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.025.

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Dufty, Alan M., and H. Nakamura. "Symposium: Brood parasitism." Journal of Ornithology 135, no. 3 (1994): 463–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01639996.

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Litman, Jessica R. "Under the radar: detection avoidance in brood parasitic bees." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, no. 1769 (2019): 20180196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0196.

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Brood parasitism is a specialized form of parasitism in which the offspring of a parasite develops on the food provisions gathered by a host species for its own young. Obligate brood parasitic lineages have lost the ability to acquire provisions for their young and thus rely entirely on the location of an appropriate host to serve as a food-provider. Solitary bees provide some of the most fascinating examples of brood parasitism in animals. Most solitary bees build and provision their own nests. Some, however, usurp the nests of other species of bees. These brood parasites, or ‘cuckoo’ bees, d

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Blažek, Radim, Matěj Polačik, and Martin Reichard. "Group intrusions by a brood parasitic fish are not cooperative." Behavioral Ecology 33, no. 1 (2021): 178–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab123.

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Abstract Brood parasites relegate all parental duties to unrelated hosts. Host resistance against brood parasitism is most effective during egg laying and is best countered by surreptitious oviposition. This may be aided through distraction of host attention by the male partner or a larger cooperative group. Cuckoo catfish (Synodontis multipunctatus) parasitize the broods of mouthbrooding cichlids, which collect their eggs immediately after oviposition. Cuckoo catfish must time their intrusion precisely, as the temporal window for parasitism lasts only a few seconds. As the cuckoo catfish typi

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Gonzalez-Martin, Milagros, and Xavier Ruiz. "Brood Parasitism in Herons." Colonial Waterbirds 19, no. 1 (1996): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1521804.

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Lindholm, Anna, and Robert Thomas. "BETWEEN POPULATIONS OF REED WARBLERS IN DEFENCES AGAINST BROOD PARASITISM." Behaviour 137, no. 1 (2000): 25–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853900501854.

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AbstractTwo potential defences against brood parasitism by the cuckoo Cuculus canorus were compared experimentally between British populations of reed warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus that are parasitised at different rates. (1) Rates of rejection of model cuckoo eggs were lower at two unparasitised populations which did not have resident cuckoos, than at a rarely parasitised population which had cuckoos nearby, and at a regularly parasitised population. (2) Reed warblers from an unparasitised population showed a slightly weaker response to taxidermic mounts of cuckoos and, unlike a parasitise

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Rock, C. A., S. P. Quinlan, M. Martin, and D. J. Green. "Age-dependent costs of cowbird parasitism in Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechia)." Canadian Journal of Zoology 91, no. 7 (2013): 505–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2013-0014.

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Brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) often reduces the reproductive success of their hosts. We examined whether the ability of females to avoid or mitigate the costs of brood parasitism improved with age in a population of Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechia (L., 1766)) breeding near Revelstoke, British Columbia, between 2004 and 2011. Cowbirds parasitized 18% of Yellow Warbler nesting attempts and females rejected 24% of parasitized nests, principally by deserting the nest and initiating a new breeding attempt. We found no evidence that older females wer

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Haraszthy, László. "Cases of occasional interspecific brood parasitism and egg dumping in Hungary." Ornis Hungarica 27, no. 2 (2019): 115–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2019-0020.

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Abstract There are numerous publications in the ornithological literature on mixed-species broods, i.e. on cases when a species lays some or all of its eggs into the nests of other species. This phenomenon, known as brood parasitism, has not yet been studied in Hungary. Here, I use the term brood parasitism, but I could not separate cases of egg dumping, a reproductive error by females. Based on literature and my own observations, I found evidence for interspecific brood parasitism in 28 species breeding in Hungary, not including the cases of the obligate interspecific brood parasite, the Comm

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Bernath-Plaisted, Jacy, Heather Nenninger, and Nicola Koper. "Conventional oil and natural gas infrastructure increases brown-headed cowbird ( Molothrus ater ) relative abundance and parasitism in mixed-grass prairie." Royal Society Open Science 4, no. 7 (2017): 170036. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170036.

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The rapid expansion of oil and natural gas development across the Northern Great Plains has contributed to habitat fragmentation, which may facilitate brood parasitism of ground-nesting grassland songbird nests by brown-headed cowbirds ( Molothrus ater ), an obligate brood parasite, through the introduction of perches and anthropogenic edges. We tested this hypothesis by measuring brown-headed cowbird relative abundance and brood parasitism rates of Savannah sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis ) nests in relation to the presence of infrastructure features and proximity to potential perches and

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Massoni, Viviana, and Juan Carlos Reboreda. "Number of Close Spatial and Temporal Neighbors Decreases the Probability of Nest Failure and Shiny Cowbird Parasitism in Colonial Yellow-Winged Blackbirds." Condor 103, no. 3 (2001): 521–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/103.3.521.

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Abstract We investigated whether the synchrony and proximity of nests of Yellow-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius thilius) provided protection against nest predation or brood parasitism by Shiny Cowbirds (Molothrus bonariensis). We analyzed the effect of the temporal aggregation of nests on the daily probability per nest of predation, desertion, egg punctures, and parasitism throughout the breeding season. The probabilities of nest predation and nest desertion increased through the breeding season. The temporal aggregation of nests was negatively associated with the probability of nest desertion, eg

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Medina, Iliana, and Naomi E. Langmore. "Host density predicts the probability of parasitism by avian brood parasites." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, no. 1769 (2019): 20180204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0204.

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The spatial distribution of hosts can be a determining factor in the reproductive success of parasites. Highly aggregated hosts may offer more opportunities for reproduction but can have better defences than isolated hosts. Here we connect macro- and micro-evolutionary processes to understand the link between host density and parasitism, using avian brood parasites as a model system. We analyse data across more than 200 host species using phylogenetic comparative analyses and quantify parasitism rate and host reproductive success in relation to spatial distribution using field data collected o

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Thorogood, Rose, Claire N. Spottiswoode, Steven J. Portugal, and Ros Gloag. "The coevolutionary biology of brood parasitism: a call for integration." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, no. 1769 (2019): 20180190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0190.

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Obligate brood-parasitic cheats have fascinated natural historians since ancient times. Passing on the costs of parental care to others occurs widely in birds, insects and fish, and often exerts selection pressure on hosts that in turn evolve defences. Brood parasites have therefore provided an illuminating system for researching coevolution. Nevertheless, much remains unknown about how ecology and evolutionary history constrain or facilitate brood parasitism, or the mechanisms that shape or respond to selection. In this special issue, we bring together examples from across the animal kingdom

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Weaver, Heath B., and Charles R. Brown. "Brood Parasitism and Egg Transfer in Cave Swallows (Petrochelidon Fulva) and Cliff Swallows (P. Pyrrhonota) in South Texas." Auk 121, no. 4 (2004): 1122–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/121.4.1122.

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Abstract We studied the frequency of intraspecific brood parasitism and physical transfer of eggs between nests in colonially nesting Cave Swallows (Petrochelidon fulva) and Cliff Swallows (P. pyrrhonota) in south Texas in 2001. Although the eggs of the two species look similar, frequency of brood parasitism in each species was unaffected by presence of the other species, which suggests that the parasitism we observed was largely by conspecifics. We detected brood parasitism in 4.6–5.0% of Cave Swallow nests and in 10.7–11.9% of Cliff Swallow nests. Brood parasitism was not significantly relat

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Rutila, Jarkko, Jukka Jokimäki, Jesús M. Avilés, and Marja-Liisa Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki. "Responses of Parasitized And Unparasitized Common Redstart (Phoenicurus Phoenicurus) Populations Against Artificial Cuckoo Parasitism." Auk 123, no. 1 (2006): 259–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/123.1.259.

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Abstract Brood parasitism selects for defensive mechanisms that enhance host fitness. Therefore, host populations under different parasitism pressures may express different levels of defense against brood parasites. We tested the rejection responses of currently parasitized and unparasitized Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) populations in Finland to artificial Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) eggs. We predicted a higher level of defense in the parasitized population, but in fact the rejection rate was higher in the nonparasitized population. Nonmimetic artificial eggs were rejected mor

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Polačik, M., M. Reichard, C. Smith, and R. Blažek. "Parasitic cuckoo catfish exploit parental responses to stray offspring." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, no. 1769 (2019): 20180412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0412.

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Interspecific brood parasitism occurs in several independent lineages of birds and social insects, putatively evolving from intraspecific brood parasitism. The cuckoo catfish, Synodontis multipunctatus , the only known obligatory non-avian brood parasite, exploits mouthbrooding cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika, despite the absence of parental care in its evolutionary lineage (family Mochokidae). Cuckoo catfish participate in host spawning events, with their eggs subsequently collected and brooded by parental cichlids, though they can later be selectively rejected by the host. One scenario for

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Kilpi, Mikael, Peter Waldeck, Malte Andersson, and Markus Öst. "Brood Parasitism in a Population of Common Eider (somateria Mollissima)." Behaviour 141, no. 6 (2004): 725–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539042245132.

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AbstractThe common eider differs from many other ducks in being a colonial 'capital' breeder, producing eggs from stored resources. These traits are expected to influence the occurrence of conspecific brood parasitism (CBP), which is particularly common in waterfowl. We analysed CBP in an eider population in the central Baltic Sea 2001-2002, using non-destructive egg albumen sampling combined with protein fingerprinting. This technique greatly increases the detection of parasitic eggs compared to more traditional methods. Parasitic eggs occurred in 20-22% of 164 nests studied, 6% of 754 eggs b

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Latif, Quresh S., J. Letitia Grenier, Sacha K. Heath, Grant Ballard, and Mark E. Hauber. "First Evidence of Conspecific Brood Parasitism and Egg Ejection in Song Sparrows, With Comments on Methods Sufficient to Document These." Condor 108, no. 2 (2006): 452–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/108.2.452.

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Abstract Conspecific brood parasitism occurs in many songbird species but has not been reported in Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia). In three separate study areas where breeding Song Sparrows experience heavy nest predation pressure and Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) parasitism, we observed six instances in which newly laid eggs were attributable to female Song Sparrows other than the nest owners. We also recorded the ejection of a sparrow egg from each of two videotaped nests. In a fourth study area without cowbird parasitism, genetic analysis of parentage revealed no conspecific broo

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MacIvor, Scott. "Parasitism and brood mortality in Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee (<i>Megachile rotundata</i> (Fabricius)), nesting in vacated comb cells of European Paper Wasp (<i>Polistes dominula</i> (Christ))." Canadian Field-Naturalist 135, no. 4 (2022): 377–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v135i4.2649.

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Social paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) construct comb nests of tens to hundreds of brood cells that are abandoned each year before winter. The nests are positioned where they are protected from inclement weather and may remain intact for several years. Here, I detail observations of nests provisioned by the non-native, solitary Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee (Megachile rotundata (Fabricius, 1787); Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in individual brood cells in vacated combs of the invasive, social European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula (Christ, 1791)) on a green roof in Toronto, Ontario. A total of 12 pa

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Stokke, Bård. "Costs associated with recognition and rejection of parasitic eggs in two European passerines." Behaviour 139, no. 5 (2002): 629–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685390260136744.

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AbstractMany avian brood parasite hosts accept parasitic eggs even though successful parasitism frequently is detrimental to their own reproduction. Such behaviour seems suboptimal, but has been explained by the existence of opposing selective pressures operating against the evolution of appropriate host defence. Costs associated with rejection and recognition of eggs are central topics in this respect. Here, we report the occurrence of such costs in two European passerines (chaffinches and blackcaps) that are good rejecters of foreign eggs, even though the common cuckoo does not presently use

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Goguen, C. B., D. R. Curson, and N. E. Mathews. "Costs of multiple parasitism for an avian brood parasite, the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)." Canadian Journal of Zoology 89, no. 12 (2011): 1237–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z11-104.

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The Brown-headed Cowbird ( Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) is a generalist brood parasite that often lays into nests that contain conspecific eggs. Although it has often been assumed that this multiple parasitism reduces Cowbird survival, this has rarely been evaluated. We measured Cowbird survival in nests of the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ( Polioptila caerulea (L., 1766)), Plumbeous Vireo ( Vireo plumbeus Coues, 1866), and Western Tanager ( Piranga ludoviciana (A. Wilson, 1811)) in New Mexico, USA. Our objectives were to measure the costs of intraspecific competition on Cowbird survival in multi

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Li, Dongyang, Yimei Zhang, and Canwei Xia. "Bird Interspecific Brood Parasitism Record in the Third Century." Birds 5, no. 4 (2024): 648–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/birds5040044.

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The phenomenon of interspecies brood parasitism, characterized by parasitic birds depositing their eggs within the nests of unrelated host species for subsequent hatching and rearing, represents a pivotal aspect of ornithological research, owing to its profound implications for the coevolutionary dynamics between host and parasite species. Among the myriad of avian brood parasites, the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) stands out due to its expansive geographical range and diverse array of host species, thereby underscoring its significance in the context of parasitism studies. Drawing upon hist

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Di Liberto, Joseph F., Maya R. Stahl, Silas E. Fischer, and Kathy A. Granillo. "Do Attributes of Gray Vireo Nest Sites Influence Brown-headed Cowbird Brood Parasitism?" Western Birds 53, no. 1 (2022): 43–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.21199/wb53.1.4.

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Brood parasitism can have major detrimental effects on the fitness of reproducing songbirds and often contributes to nest failure. As the Gray Vireo (Vireo vicinior) suffers high rates of brood parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), we hypothesized that vireos might choose nest sites selectively to thwart cowbird parasitism. To investigate this question, we measured and compared vegetative and spatial attributes of nest sites in a known breeding population of the Gray Vireo on the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, in 2017 and 2018. Specifically, we compared para

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Ward, David, and James N. M. Smith. "Brown-Headed Cowbird Parasitism Results in a Sink Population in Warbling Vireos." Auk 117, no. 2 (2000): 337–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/117.2.337.

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Abstract The Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) is one of the most heavily parasitized host species of the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), suffering up to 80% parasitism in some areas. Warbling Vireo nests that are parasitized by cowbirds typically produce no vireo young. To make predictions about the consequences of brood parasitism on local host populations, we investigated factors that allow such high parasitism to occur. The major factors leading to high levels of brood parasitism on Warbling Vireos in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, are habitat overlap with cowbirds and the lack

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Carmody, Lisa C., Alexander Cruz, and Jameson F. Chace. "Brood Parasitism Defense Behaviors Along an Altitudinal Gradient in the American Robin (Turdus Migratorius)." Open Ornithology Journal 9, no. 1 (2016): 39–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874453201609010039.

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Some host species accept eggs from brood parasites over parts of their range and reject them in other areas representing an “evolutionary lag” in the development of rejection behavior or the loss of an adapative behavior when the selection pressure of brood parasitism is removed. Hosts may deter brood parasitism through egg rejection and aggressive nest defense behavior specifically targetting female brood parasites during the egg incubation period. In areas where parasitism frequencies are spatially and temporally variable, anti-parasite behaviors may decline as costs outweigh the benefits. A

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Astie, Andrea A., and Juan C. Reboreda. "Creamy-Bellied Thrush Defenses Against Shiny Cowbird Brood Parasitism." Condor 107, no. 4 (2005): 788–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/107.4.788.

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AbstractWe studied Creamy-bellied Thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus) defenses against brood parasitism by Shiny Cowbirds (Molothrus bonariensis). Shiny Cowbirds decrease the reproductive success of Creamy-bellied Thrushes, and having historical habitats and ranges that overlap, we expected that thrushes possess antiparasitic defenses. We analyzed nest attendance during prelaying, laying and incubation; responses to the presentation of a model of a female cowbird or a control species close to the nest; nest abandonment associated with parasitism; and responses to experimental parasitism with white

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Williamson, Jessie L., and Matthew J. Baumann. "Evidence of Brood Parasitism and Quantification of Rangewide Overlap between the Olive Warbler and Brown-headed Cowbird." Western Birds 52, no. 1 (2021): 68–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.21199/wb52.1.5.

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Brood parasitism is a fascinating natural history phenomenon that provides a window into the coevolution of antagonistic interactions. Many ecological and evolutionary aspects of brood parasitism remain unknown, and new hosts of brood parasites are still being discovered. We document the second instance of brood parasitism of the Olive Warbler (Peucedramus taeniatus) by the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater). Apparent lack of habitat and elevation overlap across the ranges of these two species prompted us to examine how frequently they come into contact. We analyzed >3 million Olive Warb

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Cotter, S. C., D. Pincheira-Donoso, and R. Thorogood. "Defences against brood parasites from a social immunity perspective." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, no. 1769 (2019): 20180207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0207.

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Parasitic interactions are so ubiquitous that all multicellular organisms have evolved a system of defences to reduce their costs, whether the parasites they encounter are the classic parasites which feed on the individual, or brood parasites which usurp parental care. Many parallels have been drawn between defences deployed against both types of parasite, but typically, while defences against classic parasites have been selected to protect survival, those against brood parasites have been selected to protect the parent's inclusive fitness, suggesting that the selection pressures they impose a

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Stermin, Alexandru N. "New cases of facultative interspecific brood parasitism in Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) and Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)." Ornis Hungarica 29, no. 2 (2021): 183–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2021-0029.

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Abstract Many hypotheses try to explain the evolution and possible relations between obligate and facultative brood parasitism in birds. To explore this, a large number of observations and data are needed. Our understanding based on the observations of facultative parasitic species published in the literature is less clear compared to the obligate parasitic species. This communication is about three cases of facultative interspecific brood parasitism. Two nests of Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) parasite by Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) and one nest of Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra a

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Barrero, Adrián, Julia Gómez-Catasús, Daniel Bustillo-de la Rosa, Juan Traba, Julia Zurdo, and Margarita Reverter. "First documented case of Tawny Pipit <em>Anthus campestris</em> nest parasitism by Common Cuckoo <em>Cuculus canorus</em> in Spanish steppes." Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia 92, no. 2 (2022): 49–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rio.2022.634.

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Interspecific brood or nest parasitism is a relatively common breeding behavior in birds. Through this reproductive tactic, brood-parasites avoid the costs associated with raising and maintaining chicks by laying their eggs in the nests of the host species in which they are specialized. The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) follows this brood parasite strategy. Female cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species, mimicking egg shape, size, and color of the host species. In this paper we report the first documented case of parasitism of tawny pipit nests by the common cuckoo in Spani

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Lusignan, Alain P., Katherine R. Mehl, Ian L. Jones, and Mark L. Gloutney. "Conspecific Brood Parasitism in Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima): Do Brood Parasites Target Safe Nest Sites?" Auk 127, no. 4 (2010): 765–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/auk.2010.09207.

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Whitehead, Maria A., Sara H. Schweitzer, and William Post. "Impact of Brood Parasitism on Nest Survival Parameters and Seasonal Fecundity of Six Songbird Species in Southeastern Old-Field Habitat." Condor 102, no. 4 (2000): 946–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/102.4.946.

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Abstract We monitored 259 nests of six Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) hosts within old-field habitat on James Island, South Carolina during the 1997 and 1998 breeding seasons to determine the effect of parasitism on three nest-survival parameters (clutch size, hatching rate, and number of fledglings). We determined daily predation and parasitism rates, and probability of nest abandonment after parasitism to derive an estimate of seasonal fecundity. Clutch size of parasitized nests was reduced in four host species. Brood parasitism did not affect hatching rate in any species, and reduced

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Croston, R., and M. E. Hauber. "High repeatability of egg rejection in response to experimental brood parasitism in the American robin (Turdus migratorius)." Behaviour 151, no. 6 (2014): 703–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003164.

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Repeatability is a measure of the amount of variation in a phenotype that is attributable to differences between individuals. This concept is important for any study of behaviour, as all traits of evolutionary interest must be repeatable in order to respond to selection. We investigated the repeatability of behavioural responses to experimental brood parasitism in American robins, a robust (100%) rejecter of parasitic brown-headed cowbird eggs. Because tests of repeatability require variation between individuals, we parasitized the same robin nests twice successively with model eggs dyed with

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Cichoń, Mariusz. "The evolution of brood parasitism: the role of facultative parasitism." Behavioral Ecology 7, no. 2 (1996): 137–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/7.2.137.

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Peer, Brian D. "Conspecific Brood Parasitism by the Dickcissel." Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122, no. 1 (2010): 186–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1676/09-093.1.

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Lokemoen, John T., and Terry L. Shaffer. "Analysis Error in Brood Parasitism Paper." Condor 94, no. 2 (1992): 554. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1369235.

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KRAKAUER, ALAN H., and REBECCA T. KIMBALL. "Interspecific brood parasitism in galliform birds." Ibis 151, no. 2 (2009): 373–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.2009.00916.x.

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May, Robert M., and Scott K. Robinson. "Population Dynamics of Avian Brood Parasitism." American Naturalist 126, no. 4 (1985): 475–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/284433.

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de Valpine, Perry, and John M. Eadie. "Conspecific Brood Parasitism and Population Dynamics." American Naturalist 172, no. 4 (2008): 547–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/590956.

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Power, Harry W. "The calculation of net brood parasitism." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 5, no. 6 (1990): 200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(90)90211-u.

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Le Nevé, A., K. Delord, C. Barbraud, J. Barbraud, and M. Fortin. "Interspecific brood parasitism by the Common Eider Somateria mollissima at Er Valant Island, Brittany, France." Seabird Journal, no. 24 (2011): 107–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.61350/sbj.24.107.

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Interspecific brood parasitism (IBP) involves individuals of one species leaving the incubation and rearing of their brood to another species, while conspecific brood parasitism (CBP) involves a female laying its eggs in the nest of another of the same species (Robert & Sorci 2001; Lyon & Eadie 2008). CBP is a common reproductive tactic in Anatidae, found in 46% of species including the Common Eider Somateria mollissima (Yom-Tov 2001), while IBP is infrequent in precocial species such as Anatidae (Robertson 1998).

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Krüger, Oliver. "Cuckoos, cowbirds and hosts: adaptations, trade-offs and constraints." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 362, no. 1486 (2006): 1873–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2006.1849.

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The interactions between brood parasitic birds and their host species provide one of the best model systems for coevolution. Despite being intensively studied, the parasite–host system provides ample opportunities to test new predictions from both coevolutionary theory as well as life-history theory in general. I identify four main areas that might be especially fruitful: cuckoo female gentes as alternative reproductive strategies, non-random and nonlinear risks of brood parasitism for host individuals, host parental quality and targeted brood parasitism, and differences and similarities betwe

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Sato, Nozomu J., Kihoko Tokue, Richard A. Noske, Osamu K. Mikami, and Keisuke Ueda. "Evicting cuckoo nestlings from the nest: a new anti-parasitism behaviour." Biology Letters 6, no. 1 (2009): 67–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0540.

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As avian brood parasitism usually reduces hosts' reproductive success, hosts often exhibit strong defence mechanisms. While such host defences at the egg stage (especially egg rejection) have been extensively studied, defence mechanisms at the nestling stage have been reported only recently. We found a previously unknown anti-parasitism behaviour in the large-billed Gerygone, which is a host species of the little bronze-cuckoo, a host-evicting brood parasite. The hosts forcibly pulled resisting nestlings out of their nests and dumped them. Although it has been suggested that defence mechanisms

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Peer, Brian D., Lyndon R. Hawkins, Edwin P. Steinke, Patricia Blair Bollinger, and Eric K. Bollinger. "Eastern Bluebirds Eject Brown-Headed Cowbird Eggs." Condor 108, no. 3 (2006): 741–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/108.3.741.

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Abstract The relationship between the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) and its cavity-nesting hosts has received little attention because of the assumption that cowbirds rarely parasitize these hosts. We tested the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), a host that is sometimes heavily parasitized by cowbirds, for egg ejection behavior. Bluebirds ejected 65% of experimentally added cowbird eggs (n = 20), but ejected no experimentally added conspecific eggs (n = 66). This suggests that cowbird parasitism, not conspecific brood parasitism, is the selective pressure responsible for egg ejection i

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Otter, K. A., B. W. Murray, C. I. Holschuch, and K. T. Fort. "Rare insights into intraspecific brood parasitism and apparent quasi–parasitism in black–capped chickadees." Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 34, no. 1 (2011): 23–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.32800/abc.2011.34.0023.

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Genetic analysis of passerine birds often finds evidence of extra–pair copulations within species, but genetic evidence of intraspecific brood parasitism (IBP) and quasi–parasitism (Q–P) are relatively rare. Further, it is even rarer for genetic patterns that might indicate quasi–parasitism (resident male sires offspring through extra–pair copulations, and allows the female to lay these within the male’s nest) to be coupled with observational evidence of this behavior. In this paper, we report behavioral observations surrounding the nest of black–capped chickadee, one of the few species in whi

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Soler, J. J., D. Martín-Gálvez, J. G. Martínez, et al. "Evolution of tolerance by magpies to brood parasitism by great spotted cuckoos." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278, no. 1714 (2010): 2047–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.2218.

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Hosts may use two different strategies to ameliorate negative effects of a given parasite burden: resistance or tolerance. Although both resistance and tolerance of parasitism should evolve as a consequence of selection pressures owing to parasitism, the study of evolutionary patterns of tolerance has traditionally been neglected by animal biologists. Here, we explore geographical covariation between tolerance of magpies ( Pica pica ) and brood parasitism by the great spotted cuckoo ( Clamator glandarius ) in nine different sympatric populations. We estimated tolerance as the slope of the regr

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