Plaintive cuckoos do not select tailorbird hosts that match the phenotypes of their own eggs

Do common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) possess an optimal laying behaviour to match their own egg phenotype to that of their Oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) hosts?

(2015) Canchao Yang et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Why cuckoos should parasitize parrotbills by laying eggs randomly rather than laying eggs matching the egg appearance of parrotbill hosts?

(2015) Canchao Yang et al.   Avian Research

Reject the odd egg: egg recognition mechanisms in parrotbills

(2014) C. Yang et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

“Jack-of-all-trades” egg mimicry in the brood parasitic Horsfield’s bronze-cuckoo?

(2014) William E. Feeney et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Nest defenses and egg recognition of yellow-bellied prinia against cuckoo parasitism

(2014) Canchao Yang et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Long-term coevolution between avian brood parasites and their hosts

(2013) Manuel Soler   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Brood parasites lay eggs matching the appearance of host clutches

(2013) M. Honza et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

First breeding records of Nonggang Babbler (Stachyris nonggangensis) in a limestone area in southern China

(2013) Aiwu Jiang et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

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

(2012) Anton Antonov et al.   PLoS One

Cuckoo adaptations: trickery and tuning

(2011) N.B. Davies   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Outcomes of Brood Parasite–Host Interactions Mediated by Egg Matching: Common Cuckoos Cuculus canorus versus Fringilla Finches

(2011) Johan Reinert Vikan et al.   PLoS One

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

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

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

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

A NEW SPECIES OF BABBLER (TIMALIIDAE:STACHYRIS) FROM THE SINO-VIETNAMESE BORDER REGION OF CHINA

(2008) ZHOU FANG et al.   AUK