Red‐backed shrike ( Lanius collurio ) versus common cuckoo ( Cuculus canorus ): An example of ineffective cuckoo–hawk mimicry

Fast and furious: host aggression modulates behaviour of brood parasites

(2021) Václav Jelínek et al.   IBIS

A kestrel without hooked beak and talons is not a kestrel for the red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)

(2021) Michal Němec et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Cowards or clever guys: an alternative nest defence strategy employed by shrikes against magpies

(2021) Petr Veselý et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Killing behaviour of adult brood parasites

(2020) M. Šulc et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Predation risk affects egg-ejection but not recognition in blackbirds

(2019) Gianluca Roncalli et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Object categorization by wild-ranging birds in nest defence

(2019) Nela Nováková et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

The nest defence by the red-backed shrike Lanius collurio - support for the vulnerability hypothesis

(2018) Irena Strnadová et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Alarm call-based discrimination between common cuckoo and Eurasian sparrowhawk in a Chinese population of great tits

(2017) Jiangping Yu et al.   ETHOLOGY

Birds at the Winter Feeder do not Recognize an Artificially Coloured Predator

(2016) Petr Veselý et al.   ETHOLOGY

The role of body size in predator recognition by untrained birds

(2015) Jana Beránková et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Do rufous common cuckoo females indeed mimic a predator? An experimental test

(2015) Alfréd Trnka et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Testing for correlations between behaviours in a cuckoo host: why do host defences not covary?

(2014) Alfréd Trnka et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Surface texture and priming play important roles in predator recognition by the red-backed shrike in field experiments

(2014) Michal Němec et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Advances in the Study of Coevolution Between Avian Brood Parasites and Their Hosts

(2014) William E. Feeney et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Nest defense of the red-backed shrike Lanius collurio against five corvid species

(2013) Michal Němec et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

Color plumage polymorphism and predator mimicry in brood parasites

(2013) Alfréd Trnka et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Comparison of nest defence behaviour between two associate passerines

(2012) Marcin Polak   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Cuckoos Combat Socially Transmitted Defenses of Reed Warbler Hosts with a Plumage Polymorphism

(2012) R. Thorogood et al.   SCIENCE

Plasticity of Habitat Selection By Red-Backed Shrikes (Lanius collurio) Breeding In Different Landscapes

(2012) Federico Morelli   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

The effectiveness of hawk mimicry in protecting cuckoos from aggressive hosts

(2011) Alfréd Trnka et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Rapid Decline of Common CuckooCuculus canorusParasitism in Red-Backed ShrikesLanius collurio

(2011) Peter Adamík et al.   ARDEA

Cuckoo adaptations: trickery and tuning

(2011) N.B. Davies   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Enemy Recognition of Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus): Threats and Reproductive Value Act Independently in Nest Defence Modulation

(2010) Daniela Campobello et al.   ETHOLOGY

Internal incubation and early hatching in brood parasitic birds

(2010) T. R. Birkhead et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Reed warblers discriminate cuckoos from sparrowhawks with graded alarm signals that attract mates and neighbours

(2008) J.A. Welbergen et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Individual female common cuckoos Cuculus canorus lay constant egg types but egg appearance cannot be used to assign eggs to females

(2008) Arne Moksnes et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Cuckoo-hawk mimicry? An experimental test

(2008) N.B Davies et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES