Brood parasites lay eggs matching the appearance of host clutches

Simultaneous viewing of own and parasitic eggs is not required for egg rejection by a cuckoo host

(2013) Miklós Bán et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

The frontline of avian brood parasite–host coevolution

(2012) William E. Feeney et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Within- and between-season repeatability of eggshell colouration in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

(2012) Marcel Honza et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Ultraviolet visual sensitivity in three avian lineages: paleognaths, parrots, and passerines

(2012) Zachary Aidala et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Are Cuckoos Maximizing Egg Mimicry by Selecting Host Individuals with Better Matching Egg Phenotypes?

(2012) Anton Antonov et al.   PLoS One

Egg Discrimination in an Open Nesting Passerine Under Dim Light Conditions

(2011) Anton Antonov et al.   ETHOLOGY

Do Nest Light Conditions Affect Rejection of Parasitic Eggs? A Test of the Light Environment Hypothesis

(2011) Marcel Honza et al.   ETHOLOGY

Is UV and blue-green egg colouration a signal in cavity-nesting birds?

(2011) E. Węgrzyn et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

AVIAN VISION AND THE EVOLUTION OF EGG COLOR MIMICRY IN THE COMMON CUCKOO

(2011) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   EVOLUTION

When Does Coevolution Promote Diversification?

(2010) Jeremy B. Yoder et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Hosts’ Responses to Parasitic Eggs: Which Cues Elicit Hosts’ Egg Discrimination?

(2010) Csaba Moskát et al.   ETHOLOGY

Pigment limitation and female reproductive characteristics influence egg shell spottiness and ground colour variation in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

(2010) Maria Dolores G. López de Hierro et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Egg phenotype differentiation in sympatric cuckoo Cuculus canorus gentes

(2010) A. ANTONOV et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The common cuckoo Cuculus canorus is not locally adapted to its reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus host

(2010) J. M. AVILÉS et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Discordancy or template-based recognition? Dissecting the cognitive basis of the rejection of foreign eggs in hosts of avian brood parasites

(2010) C. Moskat et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Coevolution in Action: Disruptive Selection on Egg Colour in an Avian Brood Parasite and Its Host

(2010) Canchao Yang et al.   PLoS One

Visual modeling shows that avian host parents use multiple visual cues in rejecting parasitic eggs

(2010) C. N. Spottiswoode et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genetic differentiation among sympatric cuckoo host races: males matter

(2010) F. Fossoy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pattern mimicry of host eggs by the common cuckoo, as seen through a bird's eye

(2010) M. C. Stoddard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Are dark cuckoo eggs cryptic in host nests?

(2009) N.E. Langmore et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Increased host tolerance of multiple cuckoo eggs leads to higher fledging success of the brood parasite

(2009) Csaba Moskát et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Avian colour perception predicts behavioural responses to experimental brood parasitism in chaffinches

(2009) J. M. AVILÉS et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Dark Nests and Conspicuousness in Color Patterns of Nestlings of Altricial Birds

(2008) Jesús M. Avilés et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Evolution of Avian Plumage Color in a Tetrahedral Color Space: A Phylogenetic Analysis of New World Buntings

(2008) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The modelling of avian visual perception predicts behavioural rejection responses to foreign egg colours

(2008) P. Cassey et al.   Biology Letters

Egg colour mimicry in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus as revealed by modelling host retinal function

(2008) J. M Aviles   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES