Postfledging behavior of the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) attended by the Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs): a comprehensive approach to study the least-known stage of brood parasite-host coevolution
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F18%3A73592373" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/18:73592373 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://bioone.org/journals/The-Wilson-Journal-of-Ornithology/volume-130/issue-2/16-223.1/Postfledging-behavior-of-the-Common-Cuckoo-iCuculus-canorus-i-attended/10.1676/16-223.1.full" target="_blank" >https://bioone.org/journals/The-Wilson-Journal-of-Ornithology/volume-130/issue-2/16-223.1/Postfledging-behavior-of-the-Common-Cuckoo-iCuculus-canorus-i-attended/10.1676/16-223.1.full</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1676/16-223.1" target="_blank" >10.1676/16-223.1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Postfledging behavior of the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) attended by the Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs): a comprehensive approach to study the least-known stage of brood parasite-host coevolution
Original language description
In contrast to the thoroughly studied incubation and nestling periods, the postfledging period of the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) remains virtually unknown. Here, we report detailed observations of a cuckoo fledgling attended by a male Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs). Molecular data (nuclear DNA) showed the fledgling was a male belonging to the Cuculus c. canorus/C. saturatus clade while mitochondrial DNA data confirmed that it did not belong to blue egg gens that parasitizes Redstarts (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), which is the most common local host and the only regular Common Cuckoo host. During one week of observations, feeding rates did not change, body mass decreased (by 10%), and wing length increased (by 16%). Video recordings showed that the provided diet consisted mostly of larvae and that the fledgling also self-fed on lichens. A radio transmitter fitted on the fledgling revealed that daily movement distances ranged from 0 to 650 m and significantly increased with age. We suggest that future studies should focus on the postfledging period in brood parasite young because this stage currently represents a major gap in our understanding of parasite-host arms races.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10615 - Ornithology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP506%2F12%2F2404" target="_blank" >GAP506/12/2404: Host-parasite interaction as an extreme form of parent-offspring conflict</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Wilson Journal of Ornithology
ISSN
1559-4491
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
130
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
"536–542"
UT code for WoS article
000436102700022
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85049098805