This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The obligate brood parasitic common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is best known for its two-note “cu-coo” call, which is uttered repeatedly by ...

Perhaps the most famous nest hijacker in the bird world, the common cuckoo has even given rise to the phrase “cuckooing.” A female cuckoo carefully watches her host bird, usually small songbirds like ...

Clever birds figure out how to trick others into raising their kids A common Cuckoo chick in Reed Wablers nest waits to be fed with its mouth wide open, in this undated file photo. Getty Images — ...

The common cuckoo, native to Europe, is what is known as a brood parasite, surreptitiously laying its eggs in the nests of warblers and other bird species. A cuckoo egg will often hatch sooner than ...