News tagged with cuckoo bird

Treasure trove of wildlife found in Peru park

The Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Peru program announced today the discovery of 365 species previously undocumented in Bahuaja Sonene National Park (BSNP) in southeastern Peru.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Biological arms races in birds result in sophisticated defenses against cuckoos

New research reveals how biological arms races between cuckoos and host birds can escalate into a competition between the host evolving new, unique egg patterns (or 'signatures') and the parasite new forgeries.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cuckoos evolve to fool angry birds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian cuckoo birds have taken a new evolutionary step – mimicking the color of their host young to avoid certain death, according to a study by researchers from The Australian National ...

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created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Society warns cuckoo bird in danger of extinction

(AP) -- Britain's cuckoo bird, known for its distinctive call, is in danger of extinction along with 51 other species, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said in a new report Thursday.

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'Alien' eggs benefit mockingbirds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mockingbirds rarely remove the ‘alien’ eggs parasitic cowbirds lay in their nests because keeping them dilutes the risk of their own eggs being attacked.

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Across the Atlantic on flotsam: New fossil findings shed light on the origins of the mysterious bird Hoatzin

A team comprising German, Brazilian and French scientists, including an ornithologist from the Senckenberg Research Institute Frankfurt, has examined fossil relatives of the South American Hoatzin (Opisthocomus ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Natural born killers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Only a few days old and still blind and naked, chicks of the African greater honeyguide kill their newly hatched foster siblings in order to eliminate competition for parental care, new research from the ...

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created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Australian birds with cocky attitude

It's not yet the Bodega Bay of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds", but winged creatures are increasingly becoming a concern for inhabitants of Australia's biggest city.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Researchers crack cuckoo egg mystery

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have discovered that cuckoo eggs are internally incubated by the female bird for up to 24 hours before birth, solving for the first time the mystery as to how a cuckoo chick is able ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Shake your tail feather: Sexual signaling in birds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Patterned feathers, previously thought to be used only for camouflage in birds, can play an important role in attracting a mate and fending off rivals, a University of Melbourne study reveals.

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created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

History of 'cuckoo bees' needs a rewrite, study says

(PhysOrg.com) -- The evolutionary history of the bee family Apidae -- which has the largest number of species and includes honeybees -- may need a major revision, according to a new Cornell study published online ...

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created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher finds new bee in downtown Toronto

A York University doctoral student who discovered a new species of bee on his way to the lab one morning has completed a study that examines 84 species of sweat bees in Canada. Nineteen of these species - including the one ...

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created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Migratory behavior affects the size of brains in birds

Researchers at Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF, a Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain) shed new light on the evolution of brain size in birds. Scientists have known for some time that ...

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created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists get bird's-eye view of how cuckoos fool their hosts (w/ Video)

Using field experiments in Africa and a new computer model that gives them a bird's eye view of the world, Cambridge scientists have discovered how a bird decides whether or not a cuckoo has laid an egg in ...

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