Novel instance of brood parasitic cuckoo nestlings using bright yellow patches to mimic gapes of host nestlings
Luo, Kang3,4,5; Feng, Li2; Lu, Zhiyun4,5; Li, Dawen4,5; Quan, Rui-Chang
刊名WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY
2019
卷号131期号:3页码:686-+
关键词brood parasitic mimic gapes Rufous-bellied Niltava Whistling Hawk-Cuckoo yellow wing-patch
ISSN号1559-4491
DOI10.1676/18-168
英文摘要

Here we documented brood parasitism by the poorly studied Whistling Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor) on the Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara). We describe new information on egg size and incubation and nestling periods for Whistling Hawk-Cuckoo as well as a novel observation regarding cuckoo nestling and host interaction. Whistling Hawk-Cuckoo chicks displayed a vivid-colored gape when host parents were provisioning food. in addition, Whistling Hawk-Cuckoo chicks displayed bright yellow wing patches to their host parents. We observed that host parents tried to place food onto the wing-patch of the nestling instead of into its mouth. We suggest that chicks displaying such wing patches mimicking nestling gapes might be a common strategy for some brood parasite species of the genus Hierococcyx. This behavior also likely occurs in 2 other cuckoos in this genus, H. pectoralis and H. fugax. Finally, we suggest that the bright yellow uropygial gland of young nestlings might also function as an extra gape for the period when the young nestling is not capable of displaying the yellow wing patches.

学科主题Zoology
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000489589300029
内容类型期刊论文
源URL[http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/11529]  
专题西双版纳热带植物园_2012年后新成立研究组
作者单位1.Southwest Forestry Univ, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China
2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
3.Chinese Acad Sci, Ailaoshan Stn Subtrop Forest Ecosyst Studies, Jingdong, Yunnan, Peoples R China
4.Chinese Acad Sci, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, Peoples R China
5.Chinese Acad Sci, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, Peoples R China
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Luo, Kang,Feng, Li,Lu, Zhiyun,et al. Novel instance of brood parasitic cuckoo nestlings using bright yellow patches to mimic gapes of host nestlings[J]. WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY,2019,131(3):686-+.
APA Luo, Kang,Feng, Li,Lu, Zhiyun,Li, Dawen,&Quan, Rui-Chang.(2019).Novel instance of brood parasitic cuckoo nestlings using bright yellow patches to mimic gapes of host nestlings.WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY,131(3),686-+.
MLA Luo, Kang,et al."Novel instance of brood parasitic cuckoo nestlings using bright yellow patches to mimic gapes of host nestlings".WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 131.3(2019):686-+.
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