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... mimicry Turaco feather pigments Nesting sites Plumage succession Hearing. other species , which then rear the young cuckoos . Other cuckoos make their own nests , in which they incubate their eggs and rear their young as do most birds ...
... mimicry Turaco feather pigments Nesting sites Plumage succession Hearing. other species , which then rear the young cuckoos . Other cuckoos make their own nests , in which they incubate their eggs and rear their young as do most birds ...
Page 74
... mimicry . Each female common cuckoo lays eggs of a particular shape and coloration throughout her life , but the eggs of different females vary widely . Most authorities now agree that a given female normally restricts her parasitism to ...
... mimicry . Each female common cuckoo lays eggs of a particular shape and coloration throughout her life , but the eggs of different females vary widely . Most authorities now agree that a given female normally restricts her parasitism to ...
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... mimicry . Two species , dense forests ; Tasmania ( introduced ) and eastern Australia . Family Atrichornithidae ( scrubbirds ) . Wholly unlike lyrebirds in external appearance , rather like large wrens , long - tailed , brownish , and ...
... mimicry . Two species , dense forests ; Tasmania ( introduced ) and eastern Australia . Family Atrichornithidae ( scrubbirds ) . Wholly unlike lyrebirds in external appearance , rather like large wrens , long - tailed , brownish , and ...
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