Relative Importance of Parasitism by Chrysococcyx Cuckoos versus Conspecific Nest Parasitism in the Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus

In a 3-year study of the Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus in Kenya, I determined that fewer than 1% of the nests of this species had been parasitized by Chrysococcyx cuckoos. This rate of heterospecific parasitism is low when compared with the rate of parasitism by conspecifics, and I con...

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