brood parasitism Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Does eggshell phenotype act as an identity signal?

By Ashleigh Marshall (she/her)|2024-03-07T10:55:24+00:007 Mar 2024|brood parasitism, colonial birds, eggs, eggshell maculation, evolution, nest environment|

Sociality and nest environment linked to eggshell maculation in Hirundinidae

The secret life of cowbird couples

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-07-15T11:47:25+00:0010 Aug 2023|behaviour, brood parasitism, life history, reproduction|

Are Screaming Cowbirds socially monogamous?

Reed management influences breeding performance of Common Cuckoos

By Thomas Mérő|2023-03-03T13:49:08+00:006 Mar 2023|Breeding, brood parasitism, community ecology, Cuckoos, ecology, fieldwork, habitat, habitat selection, land management, nesting success, parasites, parasitism, passerines, wetlands|

Characteristics of habitats occupied by hosts influences survival of unwanted brood parasite youngsters

Can nest reuse be risky?

By Thomas Mérő|2023-01-23T10:42:19+00:0023 Jan 2023|annual cycle, behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, brood parasitism, cavity nesting, fieldwork, fledglings, natural history, nest predation, nesting, nesting success, parasites, parasitism, passerines|

Rare observations of nest-reuse in an open-cup nesting European passerine

Attacking the Common Cuckoo

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-11-18T10:17:25+00:0018 Nov 2021|behaviour, brood parasitism, eggs, nest monitoring, reproduction|

Host aggression affects the speed of egg-laying.

BOU supports student-led research

By William Feeney|2021-06-18T13:44:48+00:0024 Jun 2021|behaviour, BOU-funded, brood parasitism, nesting|

BOU funding supports new ornithological discoveries by student researchers

#ORNITHOLODAY | 14 August 2019

By Sarah Winnicki|2020-12-15T17:32:27+00:004 Aug 2019|brood parasitism, growth, nestlings, ornitholoday|

Understanding the relationship between development and variation in nestlings’ natal environments

Mixed Broods

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-10-11T20:43:01+00:002 May 2019|Breeding, brood parasitism, Cuckoos, fledgling survival, nest monitoring, News, species interactions|

How do Common Cuckoos and Common Redstarts perform after sharing a nest?

Conspecific brood parasitism in Prothonotary Warblers

By Anna Tucker|2020-12-21T18:18:02+00:0030 Jul 2018|breeding biology, brood parasitism, fledglings, Genetics, nest monitoring, nesting, nesting success, News|

Parasites or orphans? What are the costs of raising additional, unrelated chicks?