Spectral tuning and perceptual differences do not explain the rejection of brood parasitic eggs by American robins (Turdus migratorius)

The past, present and future of ‘cuckoos versus reed warblers’

(2013) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

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

(2013) Miklós Bán et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Do Male and Female Cowbirds See Their World Differently? Implications for Sex Differences in the Sensory System of an Avian Brood Parasite

(2013) Esteban Fernández-Juricic et al.   PLoS One

Repeated Brood Parasitism by Brown-Headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) at Nesting Sites of Eastern Phoebes (Sayornis phoebe) across Non-consecutive Years

(2013) Gretchen F. Wagner et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Repeated targeting of the same hosts by a brood parasite compromises host egg rejection

(2013) Martin Stevens et al.   Nature Communications

Different recognition cues reveal the decision rules used for egg rejection by hosts of a variably mimetic avian brood parasite

(2012) M. Alicia de la Colina et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Increased investigation of manipulated clutches suggests egg recognition without rejection in a Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) host, the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

(2012)   AUK

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

Cuckoos versus hosts in insects and birds: adaptations, counter-adaptations and outcomes

(2011) Rebecca M. Kilner et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

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

(2011) Marcel Honza et al.   ETHOLOGY

Repeatability of Foreign Egg Rejection: Testing the Assumptions of Co-Evolutionary Theory

(2011) Peter Samaš et al.   ETHOLOGY

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

(2011) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   EVOLUTION

Constraints on host choice: why do parasitic birds rarely exploit some common potential hosts?

(2011) Tomáš Grim et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

How to evade a coevolving brood parasite: egg discrimination versus egg variability as host defences

(2011) C. N. Spottiswoode et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A shared chemical basis of avian host-parasite egg colour mimicry

(2011) B. Igic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2010) Csaba Moskát et al.   ETHOLOGY

Blunt egg pole holds cues for alien egg discrimination: experimental evidence

(2010) L. Polačiková et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN 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

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

Assessing Generalized Egg Mimicry: A Quantitative Comparison of Eggs of Brown-headed Cowbirds and Grassland Passerines

(2010) Dwight R. Klippenstine et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Are dark cuckoo eggs cryptic in host nests?

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

Egg-spot pattern rather than egg colour affects conspecific egg rejection in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

(2009) M. Dolores G. López-de-Hierro et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Begging call matching between a specialist brood parasite and its host: a comparative approach to detect coevolution

(2009) MICHAEL G. ANDERSON et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Evidence for egg discrimination preceding failed rejection attempts in a small cuckoo host

(2009) A. Antonov et al.   Biology Letters

Video Recording Reveals the Method of Ejection of Brown-Headed Cowbird Eggs and No Cost in American Robins and Gray Catbirds

(2009) Justin L. Rasmussen et al.   CONDOR

Fixed Rejection Responses to Single and Multiple Experimental Parasitism in TwoFringillaHosts of the Common Cuckoo

(2009) Johan R. Vikan et al.   ETHOLOGY

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

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

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

(2008) P. Cassey et al.   Biology Letters

UV reflectance of eggs of brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) and accepter and rejecter hosts

(2008) Todd J. Underwood et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Experimental reduction of ultraviolet wavelengths reflected from parasitic eggs affects rejection behaviour in the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

(2008) M. Honza et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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