Egg phenotype differentiation in sympatric cuckoo Cuculus canorus gentes.

Abstract excerpt

The brood parasitic common cuckoo Cuculus canorus consists of gentes, which typically parasitize only a single host species whose eggs they often mimic. Where multiple cuckoo gentes co-exist in sympatry, we may expect variable but generally poorer mimicry because of host switches or inter-gens ge...

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