2021
DOI: 10.1111/eth.13126
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Female common cuckoo calls dampen the mobbing intensity of great reed warbler hosts

Abstract: To avoid mobbing attacks by their hosts during egg laying, some avian brood parasites have evolved traits to visually and/or acoustically resemble predator(s) of their hosts. Prior work established that reed warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), a small host species of the brood parasitic common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), delayed returning to the nest when confronted by either the calls of the female cuckoo or that of the predatory sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus). It remains less clear, however, whether female cuck… Show more

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“…Another interesting finding is that an interspecific function of female common cuckoo "bubbling" calls was not supported in the study, as the induced vigilance during cuckoo call playback was similar to that of the negative control (oriental turtle dove calls) and significantly lower than that of the positive control (common kestrel calls). This finding contradicts the findings of previous research (York and Davies, 2017;Jiang et al, 2021;Marton et al, 2021). The target species in previous studies always remained in an open area in the beginning of the experiments.…”
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confidence: 96%
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“…Another interesting finding is that an interspecific function of female common cuckoo "bubbling" calls was not supported in the study, as the induced vigilance during cuckoo call playback was similar to that of the negative control (oriental turtle dove calls) and significantly lower than that of the positive control (common kestrel calls). This finding contradicts the findings of previous research (York and Davies, 2017;Jiang et al, 2021;Marton et al, 2021). The target species in previous studies always remained in an open area in the beginning of the experiments.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 96%
“…In the playback sounds, the rate was adjusted to 1 call per 10 s. A total of four 90-s playback sounds were generated, and two 15-s breaks were inserted after 30 and 60 s to generate 2-min playback sounds. The rhythm of these sounds was similar to the playback sounds used in a previous study (Marton et al, 2021).…”
Section: Host Bird Responses During Playbacksupporting
confidence: 69%
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